Lake Summerset CDP Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Lake Summerset CDP 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. Lake Summerset CDP shows it has a High School Grad or higher of 100% which is more than all other places in the greater Lake Summerset CDP 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 Summerset CDP shows it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 27% which is more than all other places in the greater Lake Summerset CDP region.



Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Lake Summerset CDP 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 Summerset CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school education at 34% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 27% 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 Summerset CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 56% 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 Summerset CDP has the percentage of percent of people with a science or engineering degree the second smallest as measured by percent of people with a science or engineering degree of all the other places in the local area at 1.6% 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 Summerset CDP has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in physical and related sciences at 9.1% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Rock City with 12.1%. Second, it has the second smallest in order of percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics of all the other places in the metropolitan area when ranked by percent of people with a degree in psychology at 5.9% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in social sciences at 17.5% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the second smallest when ranked by percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics of all the other places in the metro area when sorted by percent of people with a degree in multidisciplinary studies at 1.6% of the total.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Lake Summerset CDP 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 Summerset CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school degree at 34.1% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 38.6% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Pecatonica with 39.1%. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 27.2% 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 Summerset CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with less than high school at 34.1% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 29.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 20.5% 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 Summerset CDP 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. Lake Summerset CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of children in kindergarten at 7.8% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 32.8% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 19.6% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Pecatonica with 27.0%.

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 Lake Summerset CDP Illinois region. Lake Summerset CDP shows percent enrolled in public schools substantially bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

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. Lake Summerset CDP depicts percent enrolled in a public high school approximately 3.5 times 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. Lake Summerset CDP depicts percent enrolled in a public college approximately 2.3 times 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 Lake Summerset CDP region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Lake Summerset CDP shows it has a Total Enrolled of 367 which is the second most of all the places in the metropolitan area. The place with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Pecatonica which shows a total population enrolled in school of 643 (75.2% larger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, Lake Summerset CDP is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in comparison with the state of Illinois, total population enrolled in school of 3,228,360, Lake Summerset CDP is only about 0.0% the size.

Lake Summerset CDP 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: Durand High School, Durand Elem School, Durand Jr High School, Dakota Jr Sr High School, and Dolan Ctr Maryville Farm Campus. 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 Ronald R Albrecht Elementary ranks the largest with a value of 533 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Dakota Elementary School (453), Dakota Jr Sr High School (405), Pecatonica Elem School (361), and Durand Elem School (322). The difference between the highest value (Ronald R Albrecht Elementary) and the next highest (Dakota Elementary School) is that the enrolled students is about 17.7% 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 Dolan Ctr Maryville Farm Campus ranks the largest with a value of 2.0 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Durand High School (8.4), Durand Jr High School (8.5), Pecatonica High School (9.6), and Shirland C C School (9.7). The difference between the lowest value (Dolan Ctr Maryville Farm Campus) and the next lowest (Durand High School) is that the student to teacher ratio is approximately 4.2 times bigger.

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.