Lisle township Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Lisle 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. Lisle township depicts it has a percent high school graduates or better of 97% which is the third most of all other places in the area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Lisle 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. Lisle township shows it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 58% which is in the center range of other places in the local area. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Naperville which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 68% (16.1% 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 Lisle township Illinois educational level. Lisle township indicates it has a percent who dropped out of school of 3% which is less than most other places in the area. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Bolingbrook which shows a percent who dropped out of school of 11% (approximately 3.3 times bigger).

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. Lisle township has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a doctorate degree at 4% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Naperville with 5%.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Lisle 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. Lisle township has the percentage of percent of people with high school (or ged) less than most other places in the metro area at 13.7% of the total. Second, it has in the center range of other places in the local area as measured by percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 58.4% 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.

Lisle township Illinois School Enrollment Charts

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 Lisle township Illinois region. Lisle township depicts percent enrolled in public schools approximately 2.6 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). Lisle township depicts percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades very much 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. Lisle township depicts percent enrolled in a public high school very much 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. Lisle township shows percent enrolled in a public college about 6.6% smaller 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. Lisle township depicts percent enrolled in a public gradudate or professional school approximately three-fourths 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 Lisle township region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Lisle township depicts it has a total population enrolled in school of 31,298 which is the second most total enrolled of all the places in the greater Lisle township region. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Naperville which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 44,117 (41.0% larger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Lisle township is only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared to the state of Illinois, total population enrolled in school of 3,281,552, Lisle township is only about 1.0% the size.

Lisle 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: Steeple Run Elem School, Kennedy Junior High School, Southeast Alternative Sch, Ann Reid Early Childhood Center, and Lisle 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 Kennedy Junior High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,004 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Lincoln Jr High School (870), Madison Jr High School (741), Beebe Elem School (675), and Thomas Jefferson Jr High School (608). The difference between the highest value (Kennedy Junior High School) and the next highest (Lincoln Jr High School) is that the enrolled students is about 15.4% 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 Southeast Alternative Sch ranks the largest with a value of 4.2 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Lisle Jr High School (9.6), Tate Woods Elem School (9.6), Lisle High School (10.4), and Beebe Elem School (10.6). The difference between the lowest value (Southeast Alternative Sch) and the next lowest (Lisle Jr High School) is that the student to teacher ratio is approximately 2.3 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.