Dickinson 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. Dickinson County shows it has 95% percent high school graduates or better which is the 2nd most of all the counties in the area . The county with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Marquette County with a high school graduates of 95% is about the same size.

The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree is shown in Figure 2. Dickinson County illustrates it has 27% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 2nd most of all the counties in the area . The county with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Marquette County with a percent with a bachelors degree of 32% is 18.7% larger.

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. Dickinson County shows it has 5% percent who dropped out of school which is the 6th 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 Marinette County with a percent who dropped out of school of 9% is 70.3% larger.

The chart in Figure 7 shows a high level classification of people with a Bachelors degree and their field of study. Dickinson County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 18.6% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart (Figure 8) shows a detailed frequency distribution of the bachelors degrees earned by residents aged 25 years and older. Dickinson County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Engineering at 9.8% of the total and is ranked #1.

Dickinson County School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Dickinson County has the largest proportion of percent of children in Kindergarten at 8.2% 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.) Dickinson County shows it has 5,149 Total population enrolled in school which is the 4th 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 Marquette County with a Total population enrolled in school of 18,027 is approximately 3.5 times bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Dickinson County is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in contrast to the state of Michigan, Total population enrolled in school of 2,487,658, Dickinson County is only about 0.2% the size.

In Figure 22, the proportion of children enrolled in public versus private preschools is shown. Dickinson County Michigan has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a private preschool at 37% of the total and is ranked #1.

Dickinson 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: North Dickinson School, North Elementary School, Norway Elementary School, Norway High School, and Vulcan Middle 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 Woodland Elementary School ranks the largest with a value of 705 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Kingsford High School (568), Forest Park School (468), Kingsford Middle School (385), and Iron Mountain High School (334). The difference between the highest value (Woodland Elementary School) and the next highest (Kingsford High School) is that the enrolled students is about is 24.1% 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 Wells Township School ranks the largest with a value of 4.8 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Dickinson-Iron Special Education (5.5), Florence Middle (9.1), Florence High (11.7), and Florence Elementary (11.7). The difference between the lowest value (Wells Township School) and the next lowest (Dickinson-Iron Special Education) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is 15.2% larger.