Stanislaus 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. Stanislaus County reveals it has 78% percent high school graduates or better which is the 6th in percent high school graduates or better out of 10 total in the area. The county with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Calaveras County with a high school graduates of 90% is 15.8% 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. Stanislaus County shows it has 17% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 6th 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 Santa Clara County with a percent with a bachelors degree of 50% measures approximately 3.0 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. Stanislaus County shows it has 22% percent who dropped out of school which is the 2nd most of all the counties in the area. The county with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Merced County with a percent who dropped out of school of 31% is 39.8% larger.

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. Stanislaus County has percent of people with an Associate degree in the mid range of other counties in the area at 31% of the total and is ranked in the middle of the group.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Stanislaus County has the largest proportion of percent of people with High School (or GED) at 28.2% of the total and is ranked #1.

Stanislaus County School Enrollment Charts

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.) Stanislaus County indicates it has 151,991 Total population enrolled in school which is the 5th 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 Santa Clara County with a Total population enrolled in school of 510,417 is approximately 3.4 times bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,751,797, Stanislaus County is only about 0.2% the size. Also, in comparison with the state of California, Total population enrolled in school of 10,518,223, Stanislaus County is only about 1.4% the size.

Stanislaus 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: Westport Elementary, Sinclear Elementary, Fairview Elementary, Central Valley High, and Blaker-Kinser Junior 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 Central Valley High ranks the largest with a value of 1,664 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Ceres High (1,475), Fairview Elementary (903), Bret Harte Elementary (874), and Evelyn Hanshaw Middle (763). The difference between the highest value (Central Valley High) and the next highest (Ceres High) is that the enrolled students is about is 12.8% 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 Walter White Elementary ranks the largest with a value of 21.0 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Ceres High (24.1), Shackelford Elementary (24.3), M. Robert Adkison Elementary (24.4), and Aspire Summit Charter Academy (24.9). The difference between the lowest value (Walter White Elementary) and the next lowest (Ceres High) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is 14.4% larger.