Lamar Heights Missouri Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Lamar Heights 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. Lamar Heights depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 79% which is less than most other places in the metro area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Jasper which shows a high school graduates of 88% (11.2% 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. Lamar Heights depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 30% which is more than all other places in the area.

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 Lamar Heights Missouri educational level. Lamar Heights depicts it has a School Dropout Rate of 21% which is the third most percent who dropped out of school of all other places in the greater Lamar Heights region. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Irwin CDP which shows a percent who dropped out of school of 60% (approximately 2.9 times bigger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Lamar Heights 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. Lamar Heights has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with no schooling at 20% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Sheldon (25%), and #1 Irwin CDP (60%) are larger. Second, it has the second smallest as measured by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the local area as measured by percent of people with less than a high school education at 29% of the total. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 21% of the total. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 30% 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. Lamar Heights has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 40% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a professional school degree at 2% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. Lamar Heights has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 55.6% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with an arts, humanities, or other degree at 16.7% of the total and is ranked #1.

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. Lamar Heights has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in science and engineering related fields at 16.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in liberal arts and history at 8.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in communications at 47.2% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Lamar Heights 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. Lamar Heights has the percentage of percent of people with less than a high school degree the second smallest when ranked by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the metropolitan area at 28.8% of the total. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 20.7% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 29.7% 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. Lamar Heights has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with no schooling at 19.8% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Sheldon (25.0%), and #1 Irwin CDP (60.4%) are larger. Second, it has the second smallest as measured by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the local area when ranked by percent of people with less than high school at 28.8% of the total. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 14.4% of the total. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 14.4% of the total and is ranked #1. In addition, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 14.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Furthermore, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a professional school degree (e.g. law or medicine) at 0.9% 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.

Lamar Heights 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. Lamar Heights has the percentage of percent of children in kindergarten the second smallest in order of percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the surrounding region at 13.6% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 66.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the second smallest when ranked by percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the metro area when sorted by percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 3.4% of the total.

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 Lamar Heights region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Lamar Heights shows it has a Total Enrolled of 59 which is the second smallest as measured by total population enrolled in school of all the other places in the metropolitan area. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Lamar which shows a total population enrolled in school of 947 ( very much bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, Lamar Heights is only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Missouri, total population enrolled in school of 1,480,841, Lamar Heights is only about 0.0% the size.

Lamar Heights 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: Lamar High, Lamar Middle, Lamar Elem., East Elem., and Jasper Co. 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 Lamar High ranks the largest with a value of 407 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Lamar Middle (318), Lamar Elem. (317), East Elem. (302), and Jasper Co. Elem. (233). The difference between the highest value (Lamar High) and the next highest (Lamar Middle) is that the enrolled students is about 28.0% 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 Sheldon High ranks the largest with a value of 7.3 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Bronaugh High (8.5), Golden City High (9.3), Sheldon Elem. (9.6), and Jasper High (10.6). The difference between the lowest value (Sheldon High) and the next lowest (Bronaugh High) is that the student to teacher ratio is 15.9% larger.

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.