High Hill Missouri Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for High Hill Missouri 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. High Hill shows it has a High School Grad or higher of 84% which is less than most other places in the local area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Big Spring CDP which shows a high school graduates of 100% (19.7% 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. High Hill depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 21% which is the largest of all places in the greater High Hill region.

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 High Hill Missouri educational level. High Hill depicts it has a School Dropout Rate of 16% which is the third most percent who dropped out of school of all other places in the greater High Hill region. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is New Florence which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 34% (about twice as large).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for High Hill Missouri. This chart provides the proportion of people aged 25 years of age or older and what was their level of educational attainment. The chart provides 5 broad categories including: No Education/No School, Some High School, High School or equivalent, Some college or Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree or higher. High Hill has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 21% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. High Hill has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 74% 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 3% of the total.

The chart in Figure 7 shows the broad area of academic concentration or the discipline for people who have received a bachelors degree. This high level classification is essentially the field of study for which a degree was obtained. High Hill has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 12.5% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being New Florence with 24.1%. Second, it has less than most other places in the metro area as measured by percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 18.8% of the total.

The next chart (Figure 8) provides a more detailed deep dive on the category of major degree obtained for people aged 25 years or older who earned a bachelor's degree or higher. Specifically, this frequency distribution details out what the major field of study was the degree obtained. High Hill has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics at 12.5% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Montgomery City (15.4%), and #1 Big Spring CDP (100.0%) are larger. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences at 6.2% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in communications at 12.5% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being McKittrick with 28.6%.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater High Hill Missouri region for broad educational attainment. This analysis uses provides five broad education attainment categories including: No Education/No School, Some High School, High School or equivalent, Some college or Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree or higher. High Hill has the percentage of percent of people with high school (or ged) in the mid range of other places in the area at 22.9% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 20.7% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. High Hill has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 20.0% 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.

High Hill Missouri 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. High Hill has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in kindergarten at 42.3% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Big Spring CDP with 66.4%. Second, it has the second smallest when sorted by percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the local area in order of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 25.0% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people in undergraduate colleges at 3.8% 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 High Hill Missouri region. High Hill depicts percent enrolled in public schools markedly bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

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. High Hill depicts percent enrolled in a public college 4 times bigger as the percent enrolled in a private college.

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 High Hill region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) High Hill shows it has a Total Enrolled of 62 which is the second smallest as measured by 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 Montgomery City which shows a total population enrolled in school of 550 ( quite a bit bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, High Hill is only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Missouri, total population enrolled in school of 1,480,841, High Hill is only about 0.0% the size.

High Hill Missouri 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: Jonesburg Elem., Montgomery Co. High, Montgomery Co. Middle, Montgomery City Treatment Ctr., and Montgomery City Elem.. 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 Warrenton High ranks the largest with a value of 945 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Black Hawk Middle (711), Warrior Ridge Elem. (534), Rebecca Boone Elem. (492), and Daniel Boone Elem. (471). The difference between the highest value (Warrenton High) and the next highest (Black Hawk Middle) is that the enrolled students is about 32.9% 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 Montgomery City Treatment Ctr. ranks the largest with a value of 2.7 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Wellsville High (9.7), Hermann Elem. (11.5), Hermann High (11.7), and Hermann Middle (12.0). The difference between the lowest value (Montgomery City Treatment Ctr.) and the next lowest (Wellsville High) is that the student to teacher ratio is approximately 3.6 times bigger.

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