Colusa County Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains Education data using using the latest 2018 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. Colusa County illustrates it has 69% percent high school graduates or better which is the 4th smallest percent high school graduates or better of all the other counties in the area. The county with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Butte County with a high school graduates of 89% is 27.8% 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. Colusa County indicates it has 16% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 5th 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 Yolo County with a percent with a bachelors degree of 41% is approximately 2.6 times bigger.

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. Colusa County indicates it has 31% percent who dropped out of school which is the most of all countiesin the area.

Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. Colusa County has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school education at 27% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart (Figure 8) shows a detailed frequency distribution of the bachelors degrees earned by residents aged 25 years and older. Colusa County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Biological, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at 19.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Engineering at 7.7% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Colusa County has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school degree at 27.0% of the total and is ranked #1.

A detailed frequency distribution of educational attainment is provided in Figure 10 and allows detailed comparison between different attainment categories. Colusa County has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than High School at 27.0% of the total and is ranked #1.

Colusa County School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Colusa County has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 25.8% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 17 provides a view of all students high school students who are enrolled in public versus private schools. Colusa County California has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a public high school at 100% 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.) Colusa County indicates it has 5,845 Total population enrolled in school which is the 4th smallest Total population enrolled in school of all the other counties in the area. The county with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Yolo County with a Total population enrolled in school of 78,625 measures very much bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,751,797, Colusa County is only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of California, Total population enrolled in school of 10,518,223, Colusa County is only about 0.1% the size.

Colusa 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: Williams High, Williams Primary Elementary, Williams Junior High, Williams Upper Elementary, and Maxwell High. 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 Arbuckle Elementary ranks the largest with a value of 602 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: George T. Egling Middle (505), Williams Primary Elementary (472), James M. Burchfield Primary (453), and Pierce High (378). The difference between the highest value (Arbuckle Elementary) and the next highest (George T. Egling Middle) is that the enrolled students is about measures 19.2% 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 Colusa County Opportunity ranks the largest with a value of 8.0 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Princeton Junior-Senior High (13.1), Winship Elementary (13.5), Indian Valley Elementary (13.5), and Maxwell High (13.6). The difference between the lowest value (Colusa County Opportunity) and the next lowest (Princeton Junior-Senior High) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is 64.7% larger.