Downers Grove Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Downers Grove Illinois based mainly on the latest year 2020 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. Downers Grove shows it has a High School Grad or higher of 97% which is the third most percent high school graduates or better of all other places in the greater Downers Grove region. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Willowbrook which depicts a high school graduates of 98% ( only slightly 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. Downers Grove depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 56% which is the third most percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all other places in the greater Downers Grove region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Clarendon Hills which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 76% (35.7% larger).

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 Downers Grove Illinois educational level. Downers Grove depicts it has a School Dropout Rate of 3% which is less than most other places in the surrounding region. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Westmont which shows a percent who dropped out of school of 7% (about twice as large).

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. Downers Grove has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 21.2% 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. Downers Grove has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a degree in biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences at 2.5% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in education at 4.6% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Downers Grove 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. Downers Grove has the percentage of percent of people with high school (or ged) in the mid range of other places in the local area at 25.7% 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.

Downers Grove 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. Downers Grove has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in kindergarten at 21.9% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Westmont with 22.2%. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people in undergraduate colleges at 11.5% of the total and is ranked #1.

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 Downers Grove Illinois region. Downers Grove shows percent enrolled in public schools approximately 2.5 times 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). Downers Grove shows percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades approximately 4.3 times bigger as the percent of children enrolled in private k-8 grades.

Figure 17 provides a comparative analysis all students enrolled in a public high school versus those students who are enrolled in private high school schools. Downers Grove depicts percent enrolled in a public high school considerably bigger as the percent enrolled in a private high school.

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. Downers Grove depicts percent enrolled in a public college about twice as large as the percent enrolled in a private college.

Figure 19 shows another view of students enrolled in public or private schools-postsecondary schools or colleges/universities. This analysis shows the proportion for all graduate and professional schools (such as law or medical school) and whether those students are enrolled in private or public institutions. Downers Grove depicts percent enrolled in a public gradudate or professional school approximately half the size as the percent enrolled in a private gradudate or professional school.

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 Downers Grove region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Downers Grove shows it has a Total Enrolled of 12,230 which is at the top of all other places in the greater Downers Grove region. Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, Downers Grove is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in comparison with the state of Illinois, total population enrolled in school of 3,228,360, Downers Grove is only about 0.4% the size.

Downers Grove 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: Pierce Downer Elem School, Comm H S Dist 99 - North H S, Herrick Middle School, Multi Needs Program, and Henry Puffer 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 Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch ranks the largest with a value of 2,930 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Comm H S Dist 99 - North H S (2,107), Herrick Middle School (625), O Neill Middle School (504), and Lester Elem School (484). The difference between the highest value (Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch) and the next highest (Comm H S Dist 99 - North H S) is that the enrolled students is about 39.1% 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 Multi Needs Program ranks the largest with a value of 5.1 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: O Neill Middle School (11.2), Hillcrest Elem School (12.5), Herrick Middle School (13.5), and Comm H S Dist 99 - South High Sch (14.1). The difference between the lowest value (Multi Needs Program) and the next lowest (O Neill Middle School) is that the student to teacher ratio is about twice as large.

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.