Sailor Springs Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Sailor Springs 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. Sailor Springs shows it has a High School Grad or higher of 84% which is the smallest in terms of percent high school graduates or better of all the other places in the local area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Clay City which depicts a high school graduates of 90% (6.9% 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 Sailor Springs Illinois educational level. Sailor Springs shows it has a School Dropout Rate of 16% which is the largest of all places in the greater Sailor Springs region.

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Sailor Springs 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. Sailor Springs has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school education at 64% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 20% of the total.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Sailor Springs 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. Sailor Springs has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school degree at 64.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 20.3% 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. Sailor Springs has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than high school at 64.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 14.1% of the total. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 6.2% 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.

Sailor Springs 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. Sailor Springs has the percentage of percent of children in kindergarten less than most other places in the area at 27.3% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 45.5% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has less than most other places in the greater region in terms of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 18.2% of the total. Also, it has less than most other places in the local area when sorted by percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 9.1% of the total.

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 Sailor Springs region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Sailor Springs depicts it has a Total Enrolled of 13 which is the second smallest when sorted by total population enrolled in school of all the other places in the metropolitan area. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Flora which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 1,016 ( appreciably bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, Sailor Springs is only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Illinois, total population enrolled in school of 3,228,360, Sailor Springs is only about 0.0% the size.

Sailor Springs 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: Clay City Jr High School, Clay City High School, Clay City Elem School, North Clay Community High School, and North Clay Elem/Jr High Sch. 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 North Clay Elem/Jr High Sch ranks the largest with a value of 518 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Flora High School (339), Floyd Henson Jr High Sch (311), Mcendree Elem School (252), and West Richland Elementary School (234). The difference between the highest value (North Clay Elem/Jr High Sch) and the next highest (Flora High School) is that the enrolled students is about 52.8% 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 Clay City High School ranks the largest with a value of 5.9 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: West Richland High School (6.1), Cisne High School (8.8), Clay City Jr High School (9.5), and North Clay Community High School (9.9). The difference between the lowest value (Clay City High School) and the next lowest (West Richland High School) is that the student to teacher ratio is only about 3.7% 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.