Paintsville CCD Kentucky Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Paintsville CCD Kentucky 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. Paintsville CCD shows it has a percent high school graduates or better of 82% which is in the mid range of other places in the local area. The place with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Dwale CDP which shows a high school graduates of 100% (21.7% 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. Paintsville CCD shows it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 16% which is in the middle range of other places in the local area. The place with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Prestonsburg which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 22% (33.7% 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 Paintsville CCD Kentucky educational level. Paintsville CCD shows it has a percent who dropped out of school of 18% which is in the mid range of other places in the local area. The place with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Inez which shows a percent who dropped out of school of 29% (63.7% 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. Paintsville CCD has the percentage of percent of people with a professional school degree in the intermediate range of other places in the local area at 4% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a doctorate degree at 4% 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. Paintsville CCD has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 26.1% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Allen (30.8%), and #1 Auxier CDP (100.0%) are larger. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 17.5% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has in the mid range of other places in the local area when ranked by percent of people with an arts, humanities, or other degree at 21.8% of the total.

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. Paintsville CCD has the percentage of percent of people with a degree in psychology less than most other places in the metropolitan area at 0.9% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in social sciences at 8.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in engineering at 2.7% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Prestonsburg with 3.8%. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in science and engineering related fields at 17.5% of the total and is ranked #1. In addition, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in some other field of study at 9.5% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. Paintsville CCD has the largest proportion of percent of people with doctorate degree (phd) at 1.1% 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.

Paintsville CCD Kentucky 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. Paintsville CCD has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in kindergarten at 4.6% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Prestonsburg with 7.3%. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 29.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the second smallest when ranked by percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the metro area as measured by percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 23.2% of the total. Also, it has in the mid range of other places in the metropolitan area in terms of percent of people in undergraduate colleges at 19.6% of the total. In addition, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people in graduate or professional schools at 2.7% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Inez with 7.3%.

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 Paintsville CCD Kentucky region. Paintsville CCD 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). Paintsville CCD depicts percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades considerably 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. Paintsville CCD shows percent enrolled in a public high school substantially 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. Paintsville CCD shows percent enrolled in a public college approximately 4.3 times bigger as the percent enrolled in a private college.

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 Paintsville CCD region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Paintsville CCD depicts it has a total population enrolled in school of 3,032 which is more than all other places in the greater Paintsville CCD region. Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Paintsville CCD is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in comparison with the state of Kentucky, total population enrolled in school of 1,066,088, Paintsville CCD is only about 0.3% 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.) Paintsville CCD Kentucky has the percentage of public preschool enrollment in the middle range of other places in the surrounding region at 74% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of private preschool enrollment at 26% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Paintsville with 100%.

Paintsville CCD Kentucky 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: Central Elementary School, Meade Memorial Elementary School, Paintsville High School, Paintsville Elementary School, and Johnson Central 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 Johnson Central High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,048 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Prestonsburg Elementary School (786), Johnson County Middle School (614), Prestonsburg High School (606), and Sheldon Clark High School (590). The difference between the highest value (Johnson Central High School) and the next highest (Prestonsburg Elementary School) is that the enrolled students is about 33.3% 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 Johnson County Alternative School ranks the largest with a value of 6.8 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Meade Memorial Elementary School (12.6), Paintsville High School (13.1), Sheldon Clark High School (13.1), and Porter Elementary School (13.7). The difference between the lowest value (Johnson County Alternative School) and the next lowest (Meade Memorial Elementary School) is that the student to teacher ratio is about twice as large.

The next chart, Figure 26, shows the racial mix of students at each location in this district of the state of Kentucky department of education.