Valley Springs Arkansas Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Valley Springs Arkansas based mainly on the latest year 2019 American Community Survey census data but also the survey from Common Core Data available for Public Elementary through Secondary Schools. In Figure 1, the percent of all people aged 25 years or older, who have either graduated from high school or completed the Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some equivalent certification/credential. Valley Springs depicts it has a percent high school graduates or better of 70% which is the smallest as measured by percent high school graduates or better of all the other places in the greater region. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Olvey township which shows a high school graduates of 95% (34.9% larger).

Figure 4 shows the percentage of people 25 years of age or older who either have no schooling at all or dropped out of school before being able to complete high school. Additionally, these are people who also do not have a Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some other high school level type credential/student achievement. This analysis, along with the last two charts, provides another high level review and comparative data on the Valley Springs Arkansas educational level. Valley Springs depicts it has a percent who dropped out of school of 30% which is more than all other places in the greater Valley Springs region.

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Valley Springs Arkansas. This chart provides the proportion of people aged 25 years of age or older and what was their level of educational attainment. The chart provides 5 broad categories including: No Education/No School, Some High School, High School or equivalent, Some college or Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree or higher. Valley Springs has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with no schooling at 2% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Jefferson township-Boone County (2%), and #1 Western Grove (2%) are larger. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school education at 28% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart shows a break down of people who have received a bachelor's degree or higher advanced degree generally in a campus learning environment. In particular, Figure 6, provides the proportional breakdown of all the people who have received a postsecondary education along with what the level of advanced degree that was obtained. Note that these categories do not include any type professional development type activities such as those related to maintaining professional credentials in workshop lessons. Note Professional Degree includes medical, dental, lawyers, etc. Valley Springs has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Valley Springs Arkansas region for broad educational attainment. This analysis uses provides five broad education attainment categories including: No Education/No School, Some High School, High School or equivalent, Some college or Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree or higher. Valley Springs has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school degree at 27.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has in the intermediate range of other places in the local area in order of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 38.6% of the total.

A more detailed frequency distribution of educational attainment is provided in Figure 10. In particular this illustration breaks out the highest levels of university educational opportunities beyond the four year college degree. Included in the breakout are the relative proportion of masters degrees, PhD/Doctorate/Doctorial holders, and professional degrees such as medicine, dentistry, lawyers, etc. Valley Springs has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with no schooling at 2.0% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Jefferson township-Boone County (2.0%), and #1 Western Grove (2.4%) are larger. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than high school at 27.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 11.9% of the total and is ranked #1. The next exhibit (Figure 11) provides detailed cross tabulation analysis that provides education success data broken out or cross tabulated by age group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.Figure 12 is a cross tabulation analysis that shows large educational success categories and is broken out or cross tabulated by racial group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.The final cross tabulation analysis is provided in Figure 13 and shows education success broken out by gender. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.

Valley Springs Arkansas School Enrollment Charts

The next section of chart resources look at school enrollment by a variety of educational institutions and are categorized into a number of other groupings. Figure 14 provides the overall school enrollment by broad range of school age/level groupings. Valley Springs has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 29.2% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Western Grove (37.8%), and #1 Bellefonte township (46.3%) are larger. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 50.0% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Jefferson township-Boone County (74.4%), and #1 Olvey township (100.0%) are larger. Third, it has the second smallest in order of percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the area in terms of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 8.3% of the total. Also, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people in undergraduate colleges at 12.5% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Western Grove (15.9%), and #1 Bellefonte township (19.0%) are larger.

The next chart in this series of resources shown in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in any educational institution for each place in the greater Valley Springs region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Valley Springs shows it has a total population enrolled in school of 48 which is the second smallest when sorted by total population enrolled in school of all the other places in the greater region. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Bellefonte township which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 755 ( markedly bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Valley Springs is only about 0.0% the size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Arkansas, total population enrolled in school of 737,199, Valley Springs is only about 0.0% the size.

Valley Springs Arkansas Area Schools Charts

Figure 23 lists all the schools in the area along with the school district, county location and other program information/credential such as if they are a public charter school or private charter school or magnet school. Some of the Area Schools are: Valley Springs Elem. School, Valley Springs Middle School, Valley Springs High School, Western Grove Elem. School, and Western Grove High School. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total child school enrollment for all grades (through 12th grade) at the school shown using NCES data (Common Core of Data, Public Elementary-Secondary School Universe Survey.) Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that Harrison Jr. High School ranks the largest with a value of 637 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Harrison High School (635), Harrison Middle School (436), Bergman Elementary School (429), and Forest Heights Elem. School (405). The difference between the highest value (Harrison Jr. High School) and the next highest (Harrison High School) is that the enrolled students is about about the same size.

Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers in the classroom. A good student to teacher ratio should be low because it indicates that there are less students for any one teacher to educate in a class and generally a better learning environment, better success and optimal teaching excellence. Teachers includes all educational staff such as special education teachers and any other educator. Note that distance learning (online learning/remote learning) is not included in these values. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that St. Joe High School ranks the largest with a value of 7.5 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Bruno-Pyatt Elementary School (9.4), St. Joe Elementary School (9.5), Valley Springs Middle School (10.7), and Bruno-Pyatt High School (11.2). The difference between the lowest value (St. Joe High School) and the next lowest (Bruno-Pyatt Elementary School) is that the student to teacher ratio is 25.0% larger.

The next chart, Figure 26, shows the racial mix of students at each location in this district of the state of Arkansas department of education.