East Bethel Minnesota Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for East Bethel Minnesota based mainly on the latest year 2020 American Community Survey census data but also the survey from Common Core Data available for Public Elementary through Secondary Schools. In Figure 1, the percent of all people aged 25 years or older, who have either graduated from high school or completed the Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some equivalent certification/credential. East Bethel depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 96% which is the third most percent high school graduates or better of all other places in the greater East Bethel region. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Columbus which shows a high school graduates of 97% ( only slightly larger).

In Figure 2, the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college/university with at least a bachelor's degree is provided. Note that the bachelor's degree is also called a four-year degree because it normally takes four years of full-time study to finish the course curriculum required to obtain the degree. This chart portrays the proportion of the population in this region who are college graduates with at least a bachelor degree or higher. In many ways, this analysis alongside the prior chart are very quick measures of the level of education in any particular area. East Bethel depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 24% which is in the center range of other places in the greater region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Ham Lake which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 32% (35.9% larger).

Figure 4 shows the percentage of people 25 years of age or older who either have no schooling at all or dropped out of school before being able to complete high school. Additionally, these are people who also do not have a Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some other high school level type credential/student achievement. This analysis, along with the last two charts, provides another high level review and comparative data on the East Bethel Minnesota educational level. East Bethel depicts it has a School Dropout Rate of 4% which is less than most other places in the local area. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is St Francis which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 9% (about twice as large).

The next chart shows a break down of people who have received a bachelor's degree or higher advanced degree generally in a campus learning environment. In particular, Figure 6, provides the proportional breakdown of all the people who have received a postsecondary education along with what the level of advanced degree that was obtained. Note that these categories do not include any type professional development type activities such as those related to maintaining professional credentials in workshop lessons. Note Professional Degree includes medical, dental, lawyers, etc. East Bethel has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 50% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has less than most other places in the local area as measured by percent of people with a bachelors degree at 12% of the total.

A more detailed frequency distribution of educational attainment is provided in Figure 10. In particular this illustration breaks out the highest levels of university educational opportunities beyond the four year college degree. Included in the breakout are the relative proportion of masters degrees, PhD/Doctorate/Doctorial holders, and professional degrees such as medicine, dentistry, lawyers, etc. East Bethel has the largest proportion of percent of people with a professional school degree (e.g. law or medicine) at 0.8% of the total and is ranked #1. The next exhibit (Figure 11) provides detailed cross tabulation analysis that provides education success data broken out or cross tabulated by age group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows. Figure 12 is a cross tabulation analysis that shows large educational success categories and is broken out or cross tabulated by racial group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.The final cross tabulation analysis is provided in Figure 13 and shows education success broken out by gender. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.

East Bethel Minnesota School Enrollment Charts

The next section of chart resources look at school enrollment by a variety of educational institutions and are categorized into a number of other groupings. Figure 14 provides the overall school enrollment by broad range of school age/level groupings. East Bethel has the percentage of percent of children in kindergarten in the middle range of other places in the area at 21.7% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest as measured by percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the metro area in order of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 21.0% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 26.1% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 15 provides a simple high level comparison of the proportion of students that are enrolled in public schools versus students enrolled in private schools in the East Bethel Minnesota region. East Bethel depicts percent enrolled in public schools considerably bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

The next comparison provided in Figure 16 shows the proportion of students enrolled in private schools versus students enrolled public schools for students enrolled in Kindergarten through 8th grade (grade 8) or (K through 8). East Bethel indicates percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades very much bigger as the percent of children enrolled in private k-8 grades.

Figure 17 provides a comparative analysis all students enrolled in a public high school versus those students who are enrolled in private high school schools. East Bethel depicts percent enrolled in a public high school considerably bigger as the percent enrolled in a private high school.

The next chart (Figure 18) provides a similar analysis to the last chart but provides the data for public post secondary education versus private higher education colleges. East Bethel shows percent enrolled in a public college approximately 4.5 times bigger as the percent enrolled in a private college.

Figure 19 shows another view of students enrolled in public or private schools-postsecondary schools or colleges/universities. This analysis shows the proportion for all graduate and professional schools (such as law or medical school) and whether those students are enrolled in private or public institutions. East Bethel depicts percent enrolled in a public gradudate or professional school considerably bigger as the percent enrolled in a private gradudate or professional school.

The next chart in this series of resources shown in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in any educational institution for each place in the greater East Bethel region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) East Bethel depicts it has a Total Enrolled of 2,531 which is the second most of all the places in the metro area. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Ham Lake which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 3,836 (51.6% larger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, East Bethel is only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared to the state of Minnesota, total population enrolled in school of 1,395,300, East Bethel is only about 0.2% the size.

East Bethel Minnesota Area Schools Charts

Figure 23 lists all the schools in the area along with the school district, county location and other program information/credential such as if they are a public charter school or private charter school or magnet school. Some of the Area Schools are: East Bethel Community School, Cedar Creek Community School, Ecse@ Isd 15 Lifelong Learning, Linwood El., and Mckinley Elementary. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total child school enrollment for all grades (through 12th grade) at the school shown using NCES data (Common Core of Data, Public Elementary-Secondary School Universe Survey.) Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that St. Francis High ranks the largest with a value of 1,627 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Oak View Middle (1,355), Andover Elementary (1,332), St. Francis Middle (1,151), and Rum River Elementary (1,040). The difference between the highest value (St. Francis High) and the next highest (Oak View Middle) is that the enrolled students is about 20.1% larger.

Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers in the classroom. A good student to teacher ratio should be low because it indicates that there are less students for any one teacher to educate in a class and generally a better learning environment, better success and optimal teaching excellence. Teachers includes all educational staff such as special education teachers and any other educator. Note that distance learning (online learning/remote learning) is not included in these values. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that Crossroads School & Voc. Center ranks the largest with a value of 3.1 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Transition 15 (7.3), Ecse@ Isd 15 Lifelong Learning (14.0), East Bethel Community School (15.4), and Crooked Lake Elementary (16.1). The difference between the lowest value (Crossroads School & Voc. Center) and the next lowest (Transition 15) is that the student to teacher ratio is approximately 2.3 times bigger.

The next chart, Figure 26, shows the racial mix of students at each location in this district of the state of Minnesota department of education.