Mountain township-Barry County Missouri Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Mountain township-Barry County Missouri based mainly on the latest year 2019 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. Mountain township-Barry County shows it has a percent high school graduates or better of 100% which is ranked #1 of all places in the greater Mountain township-Barry County region.

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Mountain township-Barry County 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. Mountain township-Barry County has the largest proportion of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 65% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Mountain township-Barry County 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. Mountain township-Barry County has the largest proportion of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 65.1% 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. Mountain township-Barry County has the largest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 65.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 34.9% 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.

Mountain township-Barry County Missouri School Enrollment Charts

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 Mountain township-Barry County region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Mountain township-Barry County depicts it has a total population enrolled in school of 16 which is the smallest when ranked by total population enrolled in school of all the other places in the metro area. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Crane which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 411 ( very much bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Mountain township-Barry County is only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared with the state of Missouri, total population enrolled in school of 1,498,474, Mountain township-Barry County is only about 0.0% the size.

The final chart in this series is Figure 22 and provides analysis data for the school year shown. The chart shows the proportion of kids/children that are enrolled in a pre-school public district versus those kids/children who are enrolled in a private pre-school oriented tuition institution (private salary/superintendent/etc.) Mountain township-Barry County Missouri has the largest proportion of public preschool enrollment at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

Mountain township-Barry County 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: Galena High, Shell Knob Elem., Crane Elem., Crane High, and Crane Middle. 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 Reeds Spring High ranks the largest with a value of 615 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Aurora High (612), Pate Early Childhood Ctr. (563), Reeds Spring Elem. (396), and Marionville Elem. (347). The difference between the highest value (Reeds Spring High) and the next highest (Aurora High) is that the enrolled students is about about the same size.

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 Shell Knob Elem. ranks the largest with a value of 6.6 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Galena High (11.2), Galena-Abesville Elem. (11.9), Crane Middle (12.2), and Hurley High (12.3). The difference between the lowest value (Shell Knob Elem.) and the next lowest (Galena High) is that the student to teacher ratio is 69.6% 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.