Galatia township Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Galatia 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. Galatia township shows it has a percent high school graduates or better of 86% which is in the mid range of other places in the greater region. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Raleigh which shows a high school graduates of 91% (only about 5.2% 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. Galatia township shows it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 12% which is the third most of all other places in the surrounding region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Harrisburg which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 16% (31.1% 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 Galatia township Illinois educational level. Galatia township shows it has a percent who dropped out of school of 14% which is in the mid range of other places in the metro area. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Carrier Mills which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 18% (26.9% larger).

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. Galatia township has the percentage of percent of people with a bachelors degree less than most other places in the surrounding region at 34% 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. Galatia township has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences at 16.5% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Galatia with 19.4%. 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.

Galatia 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. Galatia township has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in kindergarten at 7.4% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Thompsonville (7.5%), and #1 Eldorado (10.2%) are larger. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 30.7% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Galatia (33.3%), and #1 Harrisburg (35.1%) 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 Galatia township Illinois region. Galatia township depicts percent enrolled in public schools markedly bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

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. Galatia township depicts percent enrolled in a public college considerably bigger as the percent enrolled in a private college.

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 Galatia township region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Galatia township depicts it has a total population enrolled in school of 189 which is in the mid range of other places in the area. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Harrisburg which shows a total population enrolled in school of 1,907 ( very much bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Galatia township is only about 0.0% the size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Illinois, total population enrolled in school of 3,281,552, Galatia township is only about 0.0% the size.

Galatia 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: Galatia Elem School, Galatia High School, Galatia Jr High, Lincoln Elem School, and School District 428 Iyc-Hrb. 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 Eldorado Elem School ranks the largest with a value of 634 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Frankfort Intermediate School (520), Washington Elem School (442), Eldorado High School (356), and Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch (341). The difference between the highest value (Eldorado Elem School) and the next highest (Frankfort Intermediate School) is that the enrolled students is about 21.9% 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 School District 428 Iyc-Hrb ranks the largest with a value of 5.5 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Galatia High School (7.2), Thompsonville High School (7.2), Akin Comm Cons Elem School (8.6), and Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S (8.6). The difference between the lowest value (School District 428 Iyc-Hrb) and the next lowest (Galatia High School) is that the student to teacher ratio is 31.5% 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.