Wexford 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. Wexford County shows it has 89% 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 Grand Traverse County with a high school graduates of 95% is 6.4% 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. Wexford County indicates it has 18% 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 Grand Traverse County with a percent with a bachelors degree of 35% is 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. Wexford County shows it has 11% 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 Lake County with a percent who dropped out of school of 17% measures 61.8% larger.

The next chart (Figure 8) shows a detailed frequency distribution of the bachelors degrees earned by residents aged 25 years and older. Wexford County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Engineering at 7.2% of the total and is ranked #1.

Wexford County School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Wexford County has the largest proportion of percent of children in Kindergarten at 7.4% of the total and is ranked #1.

Next comparison in Figure 16 shows Kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) students enrolled in public versus private schools. Wexford County Michigan has the largest proportion of percent of children enrolled in public K-8 grades at 91% 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.) Wexford County shows it has 7,277 Total population enrolled in school which is the 2nd most of all the counties in the area . The county with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Grand Traverse County with a Total population enrolled in school of 19,977 measures approximately 2.7 times bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Wexford County compares as only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared to the state of Michigan, Total population enrolled in school of 2,487,658, Wexford County is only about 0.3% the size.

Wexford 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: Forest View Elementary School, Mesick Consolidated Jr/Sr High School, Floyd M. Jewett Elem. School, Kenwood Elementary School, and Cadillac Senior 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 Cadillac Senior High School ranks the largest with a value of 803 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Kingsley Area Elementary School (511), Cadillac Junior High School (464), Kingsley Area High School (447), and Kingsley Area Middle School (445). The difference between the highest value (Cadillac Senior High School) and the next highest (Kingsley Area Elementary School) is that the enrolled students is about is 57.1% 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 Wexford-Missaukee Isd Special Education ranks the largest with a value of 3.3 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Forest View Elementary School (14.7), Buckley Community Schools (15.1), Floyd M. Jewett Elem. School (15.8), and Franklin Elementary School (16.3). The difference between the lowest value (Wexford-Missaukee Isd Special Education) and the next lowest (Forest View Elementary School) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is approximately 4.4 times bigger.