Madison CDP Maryland Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Madison CDP Maryland based mainly on the latest year 2021 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. Madison CDP depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 100% which is the highest of all places in the greater Madison 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. Madison CDP shows it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 30% which is in the mid range of other places in the metropolitan area. The place with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Oxford which depicts a percent with a bachelors degree of 60% (about twice as large).



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. Madison CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 14% of the total. Second, it has less than most other places in the local area in terms of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 14% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a professional school degree at 31% 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. Madison CDP has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 9.3% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Cambridge with 9.3%. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with an arts, humanities, or other degree at 4.7% 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. Madison CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a degree in science and engineering related fields at 4.7% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in communications at 14.0% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Madison CDP Maryland 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. Madison CDP has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 33.3% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Fishing Creek CDP with 37.9%.

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. Madison CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 21.5% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 6.9% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a professional school degree (e.g. law or medicine) at 16.0% 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.

Madison CDP Maryland 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. Madison CDP has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 66.7% of the total and is ranked #1.

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 Madison CDP region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Madison CDP shows it has a Total Enrolled of 15 which is in the middle range of other places in the local area. The place with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Cambridge which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 2,997 ( substantially bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 80,497,960, Madison CDP is only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Maryland, total population enrolled in school of 1,520,676, Madison CDP is only about 0.0% the size.

Madison CDP Maryland 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: Maple Elementary School, Cambridge-South Dorchester High School, Maces Lane Middle School, Choptank Elementary School, and South Dorchester 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 Patuxent High ranks the largest with a value of 1,145 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Cambridge-South Dorchester High School (786), St Leonard Elementary (550), Mill Creek Middle (540), and Southern Middle (521). The difference between the highest value (Patuxent High) and the next highest (Cambridge-South Dorchester High School) is that the enrolled students is about 45.7% 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 South Dorchester School ranks the largest with a value of 12.3 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Maces Lane Middle School (12.5), Tilghman Elementary (12.7), Cambridge-South Dorchester High School (13.2), and Sandy Hill Elementary (13.7). The difference between the lowest value (South Dorchester School) and the next lowest (Maces Lane Middle School) is that the student to teacher ratio is only slightly larger.

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