Allegan County Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains Education data using using the latest 2019 American Community Survey data. In the first chart, Figure 1 shows the number of people age 25 years or older who have graduated from high school or completed the GED or equivalent credential. Allegan County shows it has 91% percent high school graduates or better which is the 3d most of all other counties in the area . The county with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Ottawa County with a high school graduates of 93% is only slightly larger.

The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree is shown in Figure 2. Allegan County shows it has 23% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 5th ranked in percent with a bachelors degree or higher out of 10 total in the area . The county with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Lake County with a percent with a bachelors degree of 45% compares as about twice as large.

Figure 4 shows the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who either have no schooling or dropped out of school before completing high school. Allegan County shows it has 9% percent who dropped out of school which is the 5th ranked in percent who dropped out of school out of 10 total in the area . The county with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Van Buren County with a percent who dropped out of school of 13% is 37.3% larger.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Allegan County has the largest proportion of percent of people with High School (or GED) at 37.8% of the total and is ranked #1.

Allegan County School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Allegan County has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 25.3% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in each place shown. (Enrollment includes all students from preschool to graduate school.) Allegan County shows it has 27,462 Total population enrolled in school which is the 6th ranked in Total population enrolled in school out of 10 total in the area . The county with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Lake County with a Total population enrolled in school of 191,922 is considerably bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Allegan County measures only about 0.0% the size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Michigan, Total population enrolled in school of 2,487,658, Allegan County is only about 1.1% the size.

Allegan County Area Schools Charts

Figure 23 lists the schools in the area along with the school district and other information. Some of the Area Schools are: Glenn Public School, Douglas Elementary School, Baseline Middle School, North Shore Elementary, and Saugatuck High School. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total school enrollment for all grades at the school using NCES Common Core data. Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that West Ottawa High School Campus ranks the largest with a value of 2,325 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: South Haven High School (681), Waukazoo Elementary School (518), Great Lakes Elementary School (516), and Woodside Elementary School (490). The difference between the highest value (West Ottawa High School Campus) and the next highest (South Haven High School) is that the enrolled students is about is approximately 3.4 times bigger.

Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers. Good measures are lower because they indicate less students for any one teacher to educate. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that Wood School - Bangor Twp #8 ranks the largest with a value of 10.5 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Glenn Public School (11.3), Covert High School (12.5), Covert Middle School (13.4), and Maple Grove Elementary School (15.0). The difference between the lowest value (Wood School - Bangor Twp #8) and the next lowest (Glenn Public School) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is compares as 7.3% larger.