Birmingham township Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Birmingham township Illinois based mainly on the latest year 2019 American Community Survey census data 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. Birmingham township depicts it has a percent high school graduates or better of 100% which is the highest of all places in the greater Birmingham township 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. Birmingham township depicts it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 24% which is the highest of all places in the greater Birmingham township region.

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Birmingham township Illinois. 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. Birmingham township has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 24% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 52% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 24% 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. Birmingham township has the percentage of percent of people with an associate degree less than most other places in the local area at 33% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 67% 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. Birmingham township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 100.0% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. Birmingham township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences at 100.0% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Birmingham township Illinois 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. Birmingham township has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 24.0% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 52.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 24.0% 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. Birmingham township has the smallest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 24.0% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 40.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 12.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 24.0% 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.

Birmingham township Illinois 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. Birmingham township has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 76.9% of the total and is ranked #1.

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 Birmingham township region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Birmingham township shows it has a total population enrolled in school of 26 which is in the mid range of other places in the greater region. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Bowen which shows a total population enrolled in school of 124 (approximately 4.8 times bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Birmingham township is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in contrast to the state of Illinois, total population enrolled in school of 3,281,552, Birmingham township is only about 0.0% the size.

Birmingham township Illinois 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: Southeastern Jr/Sr High School, Southeastern Elementary School, West Prairie Middle School, West Prairie South Elementary, and Rushville-Industry High 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 Lincoln Elem School ranks the largest with a value of 598 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Macomb Senior High School (570), Edison Elementary School (432), Schuyler Industry Middle Sch (369), and Brown County Elementary School (339). The difference between the highest value (Lincoln Elem School) and the next highest (Macomb Senior High School) is that the enrolled students is about only about 4.9% 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 Mcdonough Cty Lrn Ctr ranks the largest with a value of 2.6 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Hancock County Learning Ctr (3.0), Project Insight (4.0), Academy For Secondary Education (6.7), and Brown County High School (9.9). The difference between the lowest value (Mcdonough Cty Lrn Ctr) and the next lowest (Hancock County Learning Ctr) is that the student to teacher ratio is 14.3% larger.

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