Affton Missouri 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. Affton shows it has 90% percent high school graduates or better which is the 6th ranked in percent high school graduates or better out of 10 total in the area . The place with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Grantwood Village with a high school graduates of 99% compares as 9.4% 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. Affton illustrates it has 32% 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 place with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Grantwood Village with a percent with a bachelors degree of 60% measures 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. Affton reveals it has 10% percent who dropped out of school which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area . The place with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Wilbur Park with a percent who dropped out of school of 11% measures 14.3% larger.

Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. Affton has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school education at 9% 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. Affton has percent of people with a Bachelors degree in the mid range of other places in the area at 52% of the total and is ranked in the middle of the group.

A detailed frequency distribution of educational attainment is provided in Figure 10 and allows detailed comparison between different attainment categories. Affton has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than High School at 8.7% of the total and is ranked #1.

Affton Missouri School Enrollment Charts

Figure 15 shows a comparison of all students in public versus private schools. Affton Missouri has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in public schools at 79% 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. Affton Missouri has the largest proportion of percent of children enrolled in public K-8 grades at 87% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next charts look at public versus private higher education schools starting with Figure 18. Affton Missouri has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a Public college at 78% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 19 shows for all graduate and professional schools (such as Law or Medical school) and whether students are enrolled in public or private schools. Affton Missouri has percent enrolled in a Public gradudate or Professional school in the middle of other places in the area at 38% of the total and is ranked in the middle of the group.

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.) Affton shows it has 3,972 Total population enrolled in school which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area . The place with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Concord township-St Louis County with a Total population enrolled in school of 8,410 is about twice as large. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Affton measures only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared with the state of Missouri, Total population enrolled in school of 1,498,474, Affton is only about 0.3% the size.

Affton Missouri 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: Affton High, Mesnier Primary Sch., Gotsch Intermediate Sch., Bayless Sr. High, and Bayless 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 Mehlville High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,784 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Affton High (764), Bayless Elementary (682), Hancock Place Elem. (666), and Hixson Middle (632). The difference between the highest value (Mehlville High School) and the next highest (Affton High) is that the enrolled students is about measures approximately 2.3 times bigger.

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 Community Access Job Training ranks the largest with a value of 9.3 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Rogers Middle (12.5), Hancock Place Elem. (13.2), Hixson Middle (13.3), and Edgar Road Elem. (13.4). The difference between the lowest value (Community Access Job Training) and the next lowest (Rogers Middle) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is 34.1% larger.