Golden Gate Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Golden Gate 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. Golden Gate shows it has a High School Grad or higher of 91% which is at the top of all other places in the greater Golden Gate region.

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 Golden Gate Illinois educational level. Golden Gate depicts it has a School Dropout Rate of 9% which is the smallest when ranked by percent who dropped out of school of all the other places in the metro area. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Jeffersonville which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 15% (71.6% larger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Golden Gate 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. Golden Gate has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 9% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school education at 44% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Golden Gate 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. Golden Gate has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 8.8% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school degree at 44.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has less than most other places in the surrounding region when sorted by percent of people with high school (or ged) at 47.1% of the total.

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. Golden Gate has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 8.8% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than high school at 44.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 13.2% of the total. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 33.8% 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.

Golden Gate 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. Golden Gate has the percentage of percent of children in kindergarten less than most other places in the greater region at 20.0% of the total. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 13.3% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 43.3% 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 Golden Gate region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Golden Gate depicts it has a Total Enrolled of 30 which is less than most other places in the area. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Fairfield which shows a total population enrolled in school of 1,041 ( markedly bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, Golden Gate is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in comparison with the state of Illinois, total population enrolled in school of 3,228,360, Golden Gate is only about 0.0% the size.

Golden Gate 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: Jasper Elem School, Albion Grade School, Edwards County High School, North Side Elem School, and Center Street Elem 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 Albion Grade School ranks the largest with a value of 497 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: North Side Elem School (378), Carmi-White County High School (375), Center Street Elem School (334), and Carmi White Cnty Middle School (289). The difference between the highest value (Albion Grade School) and the next highest (North Side Elem School) is that the enrolled students is about 31.5% 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 Cisne High School ranks the largest with a value of 8.8 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Edwards County High School (10.0), Mount Erie Elem School (10.3), Cisne Middle School (10.6), and Jasper Elem School (12.2). The difference between the lowest value (Cisne High School) and the next lowest (Edwards County High School) is that the student to teacher ratio is 14.2% 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.