Calaveras County Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains Education data using using the latest 2019 American Community Survey data. In the first chart, Figure 1 shows the number of people age 25 years or older who have graduated from high school or completed the GED or equivalent credential. Calaveras County shows it has 90% percent high school graduates or better which is the 3d most of all other counties in the area . The county with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is El Dorado County with a high school graduates of 93% is only about 3.0% larger.

The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree is shown in Figure 2. Calaveras County shows it has 19% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 5th ranked in percent with a bachelors degree or higher out of 10 total in the area . The county with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is El Dorado County with a percent with a bachelors degree of 34% is about twice as large.

Figure 4 shows the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who either have no schooling or dropped out of school before completing high school. Calaveras County shows it has 10% percent who dropped out of school which is the 5th ranked in percent who dropped out of school out of 10 total in the area . The county with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Stanislaus County with a percent who dropped out of school of 22% compares as approximately 2.3 times bigger.

Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. Calaveras County has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an Associates degree at 44% of the total and is ranked #1.

In terms of advanced education, Figure 6 shows the percentage breakdown of all people who have received a post secondary education, what is the highest level obtained. Calaveras County has the largest proportion of percent of people with an Associate degree at 40% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Calaveras County has percent of people with High School (or GED) less than most other counties in the area at 27.6% of the total and is ranked 3d last in the group. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an Associates Degree at 44.0% of the total and is ranked #1.

Calaveras County School Enrollment Charts

Figure 17 provides a view of all students high school students who are enrolled in public versus private schools. Calaveras County California has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a public high school at 98% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in each place shown. (Enrollment includes all students from preschool to graduate school.) Calaveras County shows it has 7,903 Total population enrolled in school which is the 6th ranked in Total population enrolled in school out of 10 total in the area . The county with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Sacramento County with a Total population enrolled in school of 399,776 compares as very much bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Calaveras County measures only about 0.0% the size. Also, in contrast to the state of California, Total population enrolled in school of 10,468,812, Calaveras County compares as only about 0.1% the size.

Calaveras County Area Schools Charts

Figure 23 lists the schools in the area along with the school district and other information. Some of the Area Schools are: San Andreas Elementary, Calaveras High, Calaveras Unified Alternative-Sierra Hills Educati, Gold Strike High, and Albert A. Michelson Elementary. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total school enrollment for all grades at the school using NCES Common Core data. Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that Calaveras High ranks the largest with a value of 1,020 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Bret Harte Union High (704), Columbia Elementary (581), Mark Twain Elementary (561), and Toyon Middle (495). The difference between the highest value (Calaveras High) and the next highest (Bret Harte Union High) is that the enrolled students is about compares as 44.9% larger.

Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers. Good measures are lower because they indicate less students for any one teacher to educate. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that Calaveras County Special Education (Selpa) ranks the largest with a value of 6.7 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Vallecito Continuation High (7.0), Calaveras River Academy (13.8), Gold Strike High (15.0), and Bret Harte Union High (19.0). The difference between the lowest value (Calaveras County Special Education (Selpa)) and the next lowest (Vallecito Continuation High) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is only about 3.8% larger.