Prairie City township Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Prairie City 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. Prairie City township depicts it has a percent high school graduates or better of 86% which is in the mid range of other places in the local area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Bushnell which shows a high school graduates of 92% (6.9% 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. Prairie City township depicts it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 14% which is the third most percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all other places in the greater Prairie City township region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Marietta which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 25% (76.9% 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 Prairie City township Illinois educational level. Prairie City township shows it has a percent who dropped out of school of 14% which is in the mid range of other places in the surrounding region. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is St Augustine which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 20% (40.1% larger).

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. Prairie City township has the percentage of percent of people with an associate degree the second smallest when ranked by percent of people with an associate degree of all the other places in the area at 30% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 56% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has less than most other places in the local area as measured by percent of people with a masters degree at 11% of the total. Also, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a doctorate degree at 3% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Prairie City with 4%.

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. Prairie City township has the percentage of percent of people with a science or engineering degree the second smallest when ranked by percent of people with a science or engineering degree of all the other places in the greater region at 18.6% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a business degree at 41.9% 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. Prairie City township has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics at 11.6% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 St Augustine (12.5%), and #1 Prairie City (15.6%) are larger. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in business at 41.9% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has less than most other places in the metro area when ranked by percent of people with a degree in some other field of study at 4.7% 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. Prairie City township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 11.0% 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.

Prairie City township 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. Prairie City township has the percentage of percent of children in kindergarten in the mid point range of other places in the local area at 3.9% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest in order of percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the metro area in terms of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 22.3% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 31.1% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Bardolph (37.3%), and #1 Prairie City (39.5%) are larger. Also, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 35.9% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Bardolph (45.8%), and #1 Marietta (47.1%) are larger. In addition, it has the second smallest when ranked by percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the metro area in terms of percent of people in undergraduate colleges at 4.9% of the total.

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 Prairie City township Illinois region. Prairie City township shows percent enrolled in public schools very much 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). Prairie City township depicts percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades approximately 4.4 times 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. Prairie City township depicts percent enrolled in a public high school considerably bigger as the percent enrolled in a private high 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 Prairie City township region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Prairie City township shows it has a total population enrolled in school of 108 which is the third most of all other places in the greater region. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Bushnell which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 618 ( considerably bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Prairie City township is only about 0.0% the size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Illinois, total population enrolled in school of 3,281,552, Prairie City township is only about 0.0% the size.

The final chart in this series is Figure 22 and provides analysis data for the school year shown. The chart shows the proportion of kids/children that are enrolled in a pre-school public district versus those kids/children who are enrolled in a private pre-school oriented tuition institution (private salary/superintendent/etc.) Prairie City township Illinois has the percentage of public preschool enrollment less than most other places in the metro area at 60% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of private preschool enrollment at 40% of the total and is ranked #1.

Prairie City 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: Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch, Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch, Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch, Avon Sr High School, and Avon Grade 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 Hedding Grade School (333). 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.