Northwest Harwinton CDP Connecticut Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Northwest Harwinton CDP Connecticut based mainly on the latest year 2022 Census data using the American Community Survey 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. Northwest Harwinton CDP depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 94% which is the third most of all other places in the metro area. The place with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is New Hartford Center CDP which shows a high school graduates of 100% (6.3% larger).

In Figure 2, the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college/university with at least a bachelor's degree is provided. Note that the bachelor's degree is also called a four-year degree because it normally takes four years of full-time study to finish the course curriculum required to obtain the degree. This chart portrays the proportion of the population in this region who are college graduates with at least a bachelor degree or higher. In many ways, this analysis alongside the prior chart are very quick measures of the level of education in any particular area. Northwest Harwinton CDP depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 35% which is in the middle range of other places in the greater region. The place with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Collinsville CDP which depicts a percent with a bachelors degree of 66% (about twice as large).

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 Northwest Harwinton CDP Connecticut educational level. Northwest Harwinton CDP shows it has a School Dropout Rate of 6% which is less than most other places in the greater region. The place with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Torrington which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 10% (70.5% larger).

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. Northwest Harwinton CDP has the percentage of percent of people with a masters degree less than most other places in the local area at 3% of the total.

The chart in Figure 7 shows the broad area of academic concentration or the discipline for people who have received a bachelors degree. This high level classification is essentially the field of study for which a degree was obtained. Northwest Harwinton CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 17.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has in the middle range of other places in the greater region in order of percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 32.6% of the total.

The next chart (Figure 8) provides a more detailed deep dive on the category of major degree obtained for people aged 25 years or older who earned a bachelor's degree or higher. Specifically, this frequency distribution details out what the major field of study was the degree obtained. Northwest Harwinton CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in multidisciplinary studies at 17.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in liberal arts and history at 9.3% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Northwest Harwinton CDP Connecticut 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. Northwest Harwinton CDP has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 31.6% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being New Hartford Center CDP with 38.7%. 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.

Northwest Harwinton CDP Connecticut 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. Northwest Harwinton CDP has the largest proportion of percent of children in kindergarten at 28.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the second smallest as measured by percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the local area when ranked by percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 16.3% of the total. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 13.3% of the total.

Figure 15 provides a simple high level comparison of the proportion of students that are enrolled in public schools versus students enrolled in private schools in the Northwest Harwinton CDP Connecticut region. Northwest Harwinton CDP shows percent enrolled in public schools substantially bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

The next comparison provided in Figure 16 shows the proportion of students enrolled in private schools versus students enrolled public schools for students enrolled in Kindergarten through 8th grade (grade 8) or (K through 8). Northwest Harwinton CDP depicts percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades very much bigger as the percent of children enrolled in private k-8 grades.

The next chart (Figure 18) provides a similar analysis to the last chart but provides the data for public post secondary education versus private higher education colleges. Northwest Harwinton CDP shows percent enrolled in a public college 22.0% larger as the percent enrolled in a private college.

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 Northwest Harwinton CDP region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Northwest Harwinton CDP depicts it has a Total Enrolled of 695 which is in the middle range of other places in the area. The place with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Torrington which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 6,348 ( markedly bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,076,829, Northwest Harwinton CDP is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in contrast to the state of Connecticut, total population enrolled in school of 894,700, Northwest Harwinton CDP is only about 0.1% the size.

Northwest Harwinton CDP Connecticut 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: Harwinton Consolidated School, East School, Southwest School, Oliver Wolcott Technical High School, and Vogel-Wetmore 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 Torrington High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,101 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Torrington Middle School (1,056), Har-Bur Middle School (850), Lewis S. Mills High School (801), and Oliver Wolcott Technical High School (659). The difference between the highest value (Torrington High School) and the next highest (Torrington Middle School) is that the enrolled students is about only about 4.3% larger.

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 Education Connection Special Education ranks the largest with a value of 4.1 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Center School (9.7), Oliver Wolcott Technical High School (10.5), Forbes School (11.7), and Southwest School (11.8). The difference between the lowest value (Education Connection Special Education) and the next lowest (Center School) is that the student to teacher ratio is approximately 2.3 times bigger.

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