Pierce-Headquarters CCD Idaho Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Pierce-Headquarters CCD Idaho 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. Pierce-Headquarters CCD indicates it has a High School Grad or higher of 97% which is at the top of all other places in the greater Pierce-Headquarters CCD region.

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. Pierce-Headquarters CCD depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 29% which is the largest of all places in the metropolitan area.

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 Pierce-Headquarters CCD Idaho educational level. Pierce-Headquarters CCD shows it has a School Dropout Rate of 3% which is the smallest when ranked by percent who dropped out of school of all the other places in the greater region. The place with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Weippe which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 20% ( quite a bit bigger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Pierce-Headquarters CCD Idaho. 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. Pierce-Headquarters CCD has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 3% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest when ranked by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the metro area as measured by percent of people with less than a high school education at 28% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 29% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. Pierce-Headquarters CCD has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 23% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a masters degree at 7% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Riverbend CDP with 11%. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a professional school degree at 5% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. Pierce-Headquarters CCD has the percentage of percent of people with a science or engineering degree less than most other places in the metro area at 7.7% 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. Pierce-Headquarters CCD has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics at 27.4% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Elk River with 36.4%. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences at 6.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in psychology at 15.3% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Elk River with 18.2%. Also, it has less than most other places in the area when ranked by percent of people with a degree in multidisciplinary studies at 7.7% of the total. In addition, it has the second smallest in terms of percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics of all the other places in the metro area in terms of percent of people with a degree in liberal arts and history at 0.5% of the total. Furthermore, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in communications at 18.1% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Pierce with 21.7%.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Pierce-Headquarters CCD Idaho 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. Pierce-Headquarters CCD has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 2.9% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest when ranked by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the local area when ranked by percent of people with less than a high school degree at 27.7% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 40.2% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Kamiah with 45.5%. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 29.0% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. Pierce-Headquarters CCD has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 2.9% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest when ranked by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the metro area in order of percent of people with less than high school at 27.7% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 38.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 18.0% of the total and is ranked #1. In addition, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 7.2% of the total and is ranked #1. Furthermore, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a professional school degree (e.g. law or medicine) at 1.6% 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.

Pierce-Headquarters CCD Idaho 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. Pierce-Headquarters CCD has the percentage of percent of children in kindergarten less than most other places in the greater region at 2.3% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 52.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 38.2% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Riverbend CDP with 88.7%. Also, it has in the mid range of other places in the surrounding region when ranked by percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 6.0% of the total.

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 Pierce-Headquarters CCD region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Pierce-Headquarters CCD shows it has a Total Enrolled of 355 which is the largest of all places in the greater Pierce-Headquarters CCD region. Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,076,829, Pierce-Headquarters CCD is only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Idaho, total population enrolled in school of 470,269, Pierce-Headquarters CCD is only about 0.1% the size.

Pierce-Headquarters CCD Idaho 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: Timberline High School, Timberline Elementary, Orofino Elementary School, Orofino High School, and Superior Elementary. 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 Orofino High School ranks the largest with a value of 389 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Orofino Elementary School (358), Kamiah Elementary School (228), Clearwater Valley Elementary (178), and Kamiah Middle School (172). The difference between the highest value (Orofino High School) and the next highest (Orofino Elementary School) is that the enrolled students is about 8.7% 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 St Regis High School ranks the largest with a value of 6.5 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Timberline High School (9.4), Superior High School (10.5), St Regis School (11.6), and Superior Elementary (13.1). The difference between the lowest value (St Regis High School) and the next lowest (Timberline High School) is that the student to teacher ratio is 44.0% larger.

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