Mound township-McDonough County Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Mound township-McDonough County 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. Mound township-McDonough County 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. Mound township-McDonough County depicts it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 11% which is less than most other places in the greater region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Macomb which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 42% (approximately 3.7 times bigger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Mound township-McDonough County 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. Mound township-McDonough County has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 33% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has less than most other places in the metro area as measured by percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 11% of the total.

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. Mound township-McDonough County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 65% 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. Mound township-McDonough County has the largest proportion of percent of people with an arts, humanities, or other degree at 69.2% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with an education degree at 30.8% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. Mound township-McDonough County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in education at 30.8% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in some other field of study at 69.2% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Mound township-McDonough County 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. Mound township-McDonough County has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 55.6% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Adair CDP with 60.6%. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 33.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has less than most other places in the metropolitan area when sorted by percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 11.1% 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. Mound township-McDonough County has one of the largest proportions of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 55.6% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Adair CDP with 60.6%. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 27.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 6.0% 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.

Mound township-McDonough County 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. Mound township-McDonough County has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 47.8% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people in undergraduate colleges at 30.4% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Macomb with 69.1%.

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 Mound township-McDonough County region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Mound township-McDonough County shows it has a total population enrolled in school of 23 which is less than most other places in the area. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Macomb which shows a total population enrolled in school of 8,279 ( very much bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Mound township-McDonough County is only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Illinois, total population enrolled in school of 3,281,552, Mound township-McDonough County is only about 0.0% the size.

Mound township-McDonough County 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: Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch, Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch, Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch, Lincoln Elem School, and Edison Elementary 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 Lincoln Elem School ranks the largest with a value of 598 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Macomb Senior High School (570), Edison Elementary School (432), Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch (418), and Macomb Junior High School (314). The difference between the highest value (Lincoln Elem School) and the next highest (Macomb Senior High School) is that the enrolled students is about only about 4.9% 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 Mcdonough Cty Lrn Ctr ranks the largest with a value of 2.6 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Project Insight (4.0), Avon Sr High School (5.8), Academy For Secondary Education (6.7), and Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch (8.0). The difference between the lowest value (Mcdonough Cty Lrn Ctr) and the next lowest (Project Insight) is that the student to teacher ratio is 52.9% 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.