Seven Hickory township Illinois Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Seven Hickory 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. Seven Hickory township shows it has a percent high school graduates or better of 100% which is the largest of all places in the metropolitan area.

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. Seven Hickory township depicts it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 25% which is the second most of all the places in the greater region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Charleston which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 35% (39.4% larger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Seven Hickory township 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. Seven Hickory township has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 13% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 61% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 25% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Charleston with 35%.

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. Seven Hickory township has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with an associate degree at 53% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Hindsboro (67%), and #1 Humboldt (74%) are larger. Second, it has the second smallest in terms of percent of people with an associate degree of all the other places in the metropolitan area in order of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 25% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a masters degree at 22% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Charleston with 24%.

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. Seven Hickory township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 52.4% 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. Seven Hickory township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences at 52.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in communications at 28.6% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Seven Hickory 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. Seven Hickory township has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 13.3% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 61.2% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 25.5% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Charleston with 35.5%.

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. Seven Hickory township has the smallest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 13.3% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 32.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 28.5% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a masters degree at 12.1% 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.

Seven Hickory 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. Seven Hickory township has the percentage of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 the second smallest in terms of percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the area at 16.4% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 32.9% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Ashmore with 33.8%. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people in undergraduate colleges at 26.0% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Charleston with 66.9%.

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 Seven Hickory township region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Seven Hickory township shows it has a total population enrolled in school of 73 which is the 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 Charleston which shows a total population enrolled in school of 9,083 ( very much bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Seven Hickory township is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in contrast to the state of Illinois, total population enrolled in school of 3,281,552, Seven Hickory township is only about 0.0% the size.

Seven Hickory 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: Jefferson Elem School, Treatment & Learning Center-H, Charleston Middle School, Mark Twain Elem School, and Charleston 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 Mattoon High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,008 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Mattoon Middle School (812), Charleston High School (772), Arland D Williams Jr Elem Sch (746), and Riddle Elementary School (735). The difference between the highest value (Mattoon High School) and the next highest (Mattoon Middle School) is that the enrolled students is about 24.1% 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 Diagnostic & Developmental Ctr ranks the largest with a value of 3.0 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Treatment & Learning Center-H (3.9), Oakland High School (4.1), Lerna Bridges (5.8), and Lake Crest Elem School (6.9). The difference between the lowest value (Diagnostic & Developmental Ctr) and the next lowest (Treatment & Learning Center-H) is that the student to teacher ratio is 32.0% 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.