Alpena 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. Alpena County shows it has 92% percent high school graduates or better which is the highest of all counties in the area .

The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree is shown in Figure 2. Alpena County shows it has 17% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the largest of all counties in the area .

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. Alpena County shows it has 8% percent who dropped out of school which is the 4th smallest percent who dropped out of school of all the other counties in the area . The county with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Oscoda County with a percent who dropped out of school of 17% is about twice as large.

Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. Alpena County has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an Associates degree at 41% of the total and is ranked #1.

In terms of advanced education, Figure 6 shows the percentage breakdown of all people who have received a post secondary education, what is the highest level obtained. Alpena County has the largest proportion of percent of people with an Associate degree at 45% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Alpena County has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an Associates Degree at 40.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 17.5% of the total and is ranked #1.

Alpena County School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Alpena County has the largest proportion of percent of people in undergraduate Colleges at 20.4% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 19 shows for all graduate and professional schools (such as Law or Medical school) and whether students are enrolled in public or private schools. Alpena County Michigan has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a Public gradudate or Professional school at 95% 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.) Alpena County shows it has 5,544 Total population enrolled in school which is the most of all counties in the area . Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Alpena County is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in comparison with the state of Michigan, Total population enrolled in school of 2,487,658, Alpena County is only about 0.2% the size.

Alpena 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: Sanborn School, Ella M. White School, Alpena High School, Thunder Bay Junior High School, and Bingham Arts Academy. 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 Alpena High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,328 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Thunder Bay Junior High School (981), Oscoda Area High School (637), Ella M. White School (415), and Alcona Community High School (400). The difference between the highest value (Alpena High School) and the next highest (Thunder Bay Junior High School) is that the enrolled students is about is 35.4% larger.

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 Pied Piper Opportunity Center ranks the largest with a value of 4.9 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Bingham Arts Academy (13.0), Hillman Elementary School (14.4), Posen Elementary School (15.8), and Sanborn School (16.3). The difference between the lowest value (Pied Piper Opportunity Center) and the next lowest (Bingham Arts Academy) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is approximately 2.7 times bigger.