Popponesset CDP Massachusetts Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Popponesset CDP Massachusetts 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. Popponesset CDP depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 100% which is the largest of all places in the greater Popponesset 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. Popponesset CDP depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 69% which is the highest of all places in the greater Popponesset CDP region.



Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Popponesset CDP Massachusetts. 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. Popponesset CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school education at 8% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 69% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. Popponesset CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 69% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with an associate degree of all the other places in the greater region when ranked by percent of people with a bachelors degree at 21% 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. Popponesset CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 10.4% 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. Popponesset CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in physical and related sciences at 32.5% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in education at 10.4% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Popponesset CDP Massachusetts 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. Popponesset CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school degree at 8.0% of the total. Second, it has less than most other places in the metro area when ranked by percent of people with high school (or ged) at 23.2% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 68.8% 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. Popponesset CDP has the smallest proportion of percent of people with less than high school at 8.0% of the total. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 7.1% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 52.7% 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.

Popponesset CDP Massachusetts 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. Popponesset CDP has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in kindergarten at 23.7% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 East Falmouth CDP (25.0%), and #1 Teaticket CDP (28.1%) are larger. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 76.3% of the total and is ranked #1.

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 Popponesset CDP Massachusetts region. Popponesset CDP depicts percent enrolled in public schools approximately a third the size as the percent enrolled in private schools.

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 Popponesset CDP region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Popponesset CDP depicts it has a Total Enrolled of 38 which is the second smallest when sorted by total population enrolled in school of all the other places in the local area. The place with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is East Falmouth CDP which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 1,167 ( very much bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, Popponesset CDP is only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared with the state of Massachusetts, total population enrolled in school of 1,723,161, Popponesset CDP is only about 0.0% the size.

Popponesset CDP Massachusetts 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: Mashpee High, Mashpee Middle School, Quashnet School, Kenneth Coombs School, and East Falmouth Elementary. 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 Barnstable High ranks the largest with a value of 1,944 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Falmouth High (855), Forestdale (734), Morse Pond School (594), and Quashnet School (565). The difference between the highest value (Barnstable High) and the next highest (Falmouth High) is that the enrolled students is about approximately 2.3 times bigger.

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 Lawrence ranks the largest with a value of 9.8 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Mashpee High (10.7), Teaticket (11.3), Hyannis West Elementary (11.8), and Falmouth High (12.7). The difference between the lowest value (Lawrence) and the next lowest (Mashpee High) is that the student to teacher ratio is 9.2% larger.

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