South Eliot CDP Maine Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for South Eliot CDP Maine based mainly on the latest year 2022 Census data using the American Community Survey 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. South Eliot CDP depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 99% which is at the top of all other places in the greater South Eliot CDP 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. South Eliot CDP shows it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 38% which is the smallest when ranked by percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all the other places in the local area. The place with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Durham CDP which indicates a percent with a bachelors degree of 80% (about twice as large).

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 South Eliot CDP Maine educational level. South Eliot CDP shows it has a School Dropout Rate of 1% which is the smallest when sorted by percent who dropped out of school of all the other places in the area. The place with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Dover which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 5% ( substantially bigger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for South Eliot CDP Maine. 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. South Eliot CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 1% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with less than a high school education at 31% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being York Harbor CDP with 32%. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 38% 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. South Eliot CDP has the percentage of percent of people with an associate degree the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with an associate degree of all the other places in the area at 37% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 27% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Durham CDP (29%), and #1 Kittery Point CDP (59%) are larger. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a masters degree at 8% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the second smallest in order of percent of people with an associate degree of all the other places in the area in terms of percent of people with a professional school degree at 1% of the total.

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. South Eliot CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 16.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with a science or engineering degree of all the other places in the metro area as measured by percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 24.5% 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. South Eliot CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a degree in social sciences at 3.4% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in multidisciplinary studies at 16.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a degree in literature and languages at 4.2% of the total.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater South Eliot CDP Maine 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. South Eliot CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 1.0% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with less than a high school degree at 31.3% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being York Harbor CDP with 31.8%. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 29.5% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Kittery CDP with 33.1%. Also, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 38.2% 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. South Eliot CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 1.0% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with less than high school at 31.3% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being York Harbor CDP with 31.8%. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 14.5% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 19.8% of the total. In addition, it has the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the local area in terms of percent of people with a professional school degree (e.g. law or medicine) at 0.5% 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.

South Eliot CDP Maine 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. South Eliot CDP has the percentage of percent of children in kindergarten the second smallest as measured by percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the metro area at 0.7% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 45.1% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 York Harbor CDP (46.4%), and #1 Kittery Point CDP (52.6%) are larger. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 21.2% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Dover (21.4%), and #1 Portsmouth (22.7%) are larger. Also, it has the second smallest when ranked by percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the metropolitan area when ranked by percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 11.5% of the total. In addition, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people in undergraduate colleges at 16.7% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Dover with 17.6%.

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 South Eliot CDP Maine region. South Eliot CDP depicts percent enrolled in public schools approximately 2.9 times 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). South Eliot CDP shows percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades about twice as large as the percent of children enrolled in private k-8 grades.

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. South Eliot CDP shows percent enrolled in a public college 40.0% larger 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 South Eliot CDP region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) South Eliot CDP indicates it has a Total Enrolled of 446 which is the second smallest as measured by total population enrolled in school of all the other places in the greater region. The place with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Durham CDP which shows a total population enrolled in school of 9,639 ( markedly bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,076,829, South Eliot CDP is only about 0.0% the size. Also, versus the state of Maine, total population enrolled in school of 281,195, South Eliot CDP is only about 0.2% 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.) South Eliot CDP Maine has the largest proportion of public preschool enrollment at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

South Eliot CDP Maine 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: Eliot Elementary School, Marshwood Middle School, Newington Public School, Shapleigh School, and New Franklin 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 Dover Senior High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,358 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Portsmouth High School (1,129), Dover Middle School (1,089), Marshwood High School (725), and Marshwood Middle School (552). The difference between the highest value (Dover Senior High School) and the next highest (Portsmouth High School) is that the enrolled students is about 20.3% 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 Newington Public School ranks the largest with a value of 6.5 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Maude H. Trefethen School (7.7), Portsmouth Middle School (9.9), Robert W Traip Academy (10.2), and New Franklin School (10.6). The difference between the lowest value (Newington Public School) and the next lowest (Maude H. Trefethen School) is that the student to teacher ratio is 18.3% larger.

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