Polk Centre township Minnesota Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains Education data using using the latest 2018 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. Polk Centre township shows it has 100% percent high school graduates or better which is the largest of all placesin 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. Polk Centre township illustrates it has 53% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the highest of all placesin the area.

Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. Polk Centre township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 53% 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. Polk Centre township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Masters degree at 36% 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. Polk Centre township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in some other field of study at 38.5% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Polk Centre township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 53.1% of the total and is ranked #1.

A detailed frequency distribution of educational attainment is provided in Figure 10 and allows detailed comparison between different attainment categories. Polk Centre township has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors degree at 32.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Masters degree at 20.4% of the total and is ranked #1.

Polk Centre township Minnesota School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Polk Centre township has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 44.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people in undergraduate Colleges at 33.3% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 15 shows a comparison of all students in public versus private schools. Polk Centre township Minnesota has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in public schools at 100% 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. Polk Centre township Minnesota has the largest proportion of percent of children enrolled in public K-8 grades at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 17 provides a view of all students high school students who are enrolled in public versus private schools. Polk Centre township Minnesota has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a public high school at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next charts look at public versus private higher education schools starting with Figure 18. Polk Centre township Minnesota has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a Public college at 100% 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.) Polk Centre township indicates it has 9 Total population enrolled in school which is the 4th smallest Total population enrolled in school of all the other places in the area. The city with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Sanders township with a Total population enrolled in school of 127 measures very much bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,751,797, Polk Centre township is only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared with the state of Minnesota, Total population enrolled in school of 1,396,256, Polk Centre township compares as only about 0.0% the size.

Polk Centre township Minnesota 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: Lafayette Secondary, J.A. Hughes Elementary, Challenger Elementary, Lincoln Senior High, and Northwest Area Learning Center. 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 Challenger Elementary ranks the largest with a value of 872 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Lincoln Senior High (592), Crookston Secondary (492), Franklin Middle (487), and Highland Elementary (475). The difference between the highest value (Challenger Elementary) and the next highest (Lincoln Senior High) is that the enrolled students is about is 47.3% 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 Northern Lights Academy ranks the largest with a value of 4.0 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Northwest Area Learning Center (8.1), Red Lake County Central Elementary (10.5), J.A. Hughes Elementary (10.9), and Lafayette Secondary (11.0). The difference between the lowest value (Northern Lights Academy) and the next lowest (Northwest Area Learning Center) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is measures about twice as large.