Council Hill township Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Council Hill 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. Council Hill township depicts it has a percent high school graduates or better of 100% which is the largest of all places in the metro area.

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. Council Hill township depicts it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 31% which is the second most percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all the places in the greater Council Hill township region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is The Galena Territory CDP which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 52% (65.0% larger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Council Hill 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. Council Hill township has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 38% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Benton with 41%. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 31% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being The Galena Territory CDP with 52%.

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. Council Hill township has the percentage of percent of people with an associate degree in the middle range of other places in the greater region at 35% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 62% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Galena with 63%. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a masters degree at 4% 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. Council Hill township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 55.9% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a business degree at 11.8% 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. Council Hill township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in engineering at 55.9% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a degree in business at 11.8% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in some other field of study at 17.6% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Council Hill 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. Council Hill township has the percentage of percent of people with high school (or ged) the second smallest when ranked by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the local area at 30.6% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 38.0% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Benton with 40.6%. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 31.5% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being The Galena Territory CDP with 52.0%.

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. Council Hill township has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 16.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 29.6% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a masters degree at 1.9% of the total. 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.

Council Hill 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. Council Hill township has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 60.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 40.0% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 The Galena Territory CDP (43.2%), and #1 Benton (45.0%) are larger.

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 Council Hill township Illinois region. Council Hill township shows percent enrolled in public schools 3 times bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

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 Council Hill township region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Council Hill township indicates it has a total population enrolled in school of 24 which is the smallest in terms of total population enrolled in school of all the other places in the greater region. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Galena which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 742 ( substantially bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Council Hill 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, Council Hill township is only about 0.0% the size.

The final chart in this series is Figure 22 and provides analysis data for the school year shown. The chart shows the proportion of kids/children that are enrolled in a pre-school public district versus those kids/children who are enrolled in a private pre-school oriented tuition institution (private salary/superintendent/etc.) Council Hill township Illinois has the largest proportion of public preschool enrollment at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

Council Hill 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: Scales Mound High School, Scales Mound Elem School, Scales Mound Jr High School, Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary, and Southwestern Wisconsin High. 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 Cuba City Elementary ranks the largest with a value of 406 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary (367), Galena Primary School (341), Bellevue Elementary School (322), and River Ridge Elementary School (263). The difference between the highest value (Cuba City Elementary) and the next highest (Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary) is that the enrolled students is about 10.6% 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 Scales Mound High School ranks the largest with a value of 4.8 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Rap Elizabeth (6.5), Shullsburg High (8.8), Galena Middle School (9.0), and Scales Mound Elem School (9.3). The difference between the lowest value (Scales Mound High School) and the next lowest (Rap Elizabeth) is that the student to teacher ratio is 36.9% 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.