Hardwick CDP Georgia Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Hardwick CDP Georgia 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. Hardwick CDP depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 75% which is the smallest in order of percent high school graduates or better of all the other places in the area. The place with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Crooked Creek CDP which shows a high school graduates of 99% (32.0% 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. Hardwick CDP depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 10% which is in the middle range of other places in the surrounding region. The place with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Milledgeville which depicts a percent with a bachelors degree of 27% (approximately 2.8 times bigger).

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 Hardwick CDP Georgia educational level. Hardwick CDP depicts it has a School Dropout Rate of 25% which is the largest of all places in the greater Hardwick CDP region.

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Hardwick CDP Georgia. 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. Hardwick CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 25% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has in the mid range of other places in the greater region when sorted by percent of people with less than a high school education at 39% of the total.

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. Hardwick CDP has the percentage of percent of people with an associate degree in the middle range of other places in the metro area at 37% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with an associate degree of all the other places in the metro area when sorted by percent of people with a bachelors degree at 2% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a masters degree at 12% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a professional school degree at 1% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Milledgeville (4%), and #1 Gordon (14%) are larger.

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. Hardwick CDP has the percentage of percent of people with a science or engineering degree the second smallest in terms of percent of people with a science or engineering degree of all the other places in the metro area at 3.0% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with an arts, humanities, or other degree at 26.0% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Irwinton (30.0%), and #1 Crooked Creek CDP (32.1%) are larger.

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. Hardwick CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics at 12.6% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in science and engineering related fields at 26.0% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Irwinton (30.0%), and #1 Crooked Creek CDP (32.1%) are larger. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in communications at 22.5% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Ivey with 25.0%.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Hardwick CDP Georgia 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. Hardwick CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 24.6% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the second smallest in terms of percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the metro area as measured by percent of people with high school (or ged) at 26.3% 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. Hardwick CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 24.6% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has in the mid range of other places in the greater region when sorted by percent of people with less than high school at 39.0% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a masters degree at 2.2% 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.

Hardwick CDP Georgia 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. Hardwick CDP has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in kindergarten at 24.1% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Gordon (28.6%), and #1 Ivey (32.3%) 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 Hardwick CDP region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Hardwick CDP shows it has a Total Enrolled of 741 which is the second most of all the places in the metropolitan area. The place with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Milledgeville which shows a total population enrolled in school of 6,698 ( quite a bit bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,076,829, Hardwick CDP is only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Georgia, total population enrolled in school of 2,764,900, Hardwick CDP is only about 0.0% the size.

Hardwick CDP Georgia 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: Baldwin High School, Midway Elementary School, Blandy Hills Elementary School, Creekside Elementary School, and Eagle Ridge Elementary 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 Baldwin High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,295 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Oak Hill Ms (1,203), Jones County High School (1,102), Creekside Elementary School (907), and Eagle Ridge Elementary School (829). The difference between the highest value (Baldwin High School) and the next highest (Oak Hill Ms) is that the enrolled students is about 7.6% 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 Wilkinson County Middle School ranks the largest with a value of 12.8 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Wilkinson County High School (13.1), Baldwin High School (13.4), Wilkinson County Elementary School (13.7), and Oak Hill Ms (14.2). The difference between the lowest value (Wilkinson County Middle School) and the next lowest (Wilkinson County High School) is that the student to teacher ratio is only about 2.5% larger.

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