Lake Fork township Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Lake Fork 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. Lake Fork township shows it has a percent high school graduates or better of 100% which is the highest of all places in the greater 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. Lake Fork township depicts it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 41% which is the most of all places in the surrounding region.

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Lake Fork 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. Lake Fork township has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 13% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 46% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Chestnut CDP with 59%. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 41% 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. Lake Fork township has the percentage of percent of people with an associate degree the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with an associate degree of all the other places in the greater region at 16% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 71% 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. Lake Fork township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 67.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the second smallest as measured by percent of people with a science or engineering degree of all the other places in the greater region in terms of percent of people with an education degree at 16.3% 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. Lake Fork township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences at 20.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in engineering at 46.9% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the second smallest in terms of percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics of all the other places in the local area in order of percent of people with a degree in education at 16.3% of the total.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Lake Fork 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. Lake Fork township has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 13.3% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 45.8% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Chestnut CDP with 58.8%. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 40.8% 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. Lake Fork township has the smallest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 13.3% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 34.2% 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.

Lake Fork 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: Sangamon Valley High School, Mount Pulaski Elem School, Illiopolis Elem School, Sangamon Valley Middle School, and Mount Pulaski 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 Macarthur High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,166 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Warrensburg-Latham Elem Sch (466), Pershing Early Learning Center (448), Parsons Accelerated School (360), and Durfee Elem School (353). The difference between the highest value (Macarthur High School) and the next highest (Warrensburg-Latham Elem Sch) is that the enrolled students is about approximately 2.5 times bigger.

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 Mount Pulaski High School ranks the largest with a value of 7.5 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Mount Pulaski Elem School (8.6), Tri-City Jr High School (9.8), Dennis Elem School (9.9), and Oak Grove Accelerated School (10.6). The difference between the lowest value (Mount Pulaski High School) and the next lowest (Mount Pulaski Elem School) is that the student to teacher ratio is 14.7% 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.