St Clair 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. St Clair County shows it has 90% 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 Oakland County with a high school graduates of 94% is only about 3.7% 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. St Clair County shows it has 18% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 4th 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 Oakland County with a percent with a bachelors degree of 46% is approximately 2.5 times bigger.

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. St Clair County shows it has 10% 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 Wayne County with a percent who dropped out of school of 14% measures 48.1% larger.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. St Clair County has percent of people with High School (or GED) in the center of other counties in the area at 34.4% of the total and is ranked in the middle of the group.

St Clair County School Enrollment Charts

Next comparison in Figure 16 shows Kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) students enrolled in public versus private schools. St Clair County Michigan has the largest proportion of percent of children enrolled in public K-8 grades at 93% 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.) St Clair County shows it has 35,291 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 Wayne County with a Total population enrolled in school of 445,255 is markedly bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, St Clair County measures only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Michigan, Total population enrolled in school of 2,487,658, St Clair County measures only about 1.4% the size.

St Clair 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: Memphis Elementary School, Memphis High School, Memphis Junior High School, Kimball Elementary School, and John F. Farrell-Emmett Elementary 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 Landmark Academy ranks the largest with a value of 928 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Marysville High School (800), Marysville Middle School (631), Richmond Community High School (626), and Richmond Middle School (502). The difference between the highest value (Landmark Academy) and the next highest (Marysville High School) is that the enrolled students is about is 16.0% 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 Woodland Developmental Center ranks the largest with a value of 5.7 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: St. Clair County Intervention Academy (10.8), St. Clair County Learning Academy (12.4), Indian Woods Elementary School (14.8), and Kimball Elementary School (15.4). The difference between the lowest value (Woodland Developmental Center) and the next lowest (St. Clair County Intervention Academy) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is about twice as large.