Scott City Missouri Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Scott City Missouri based mainly on the latest year 2022 Census data using the American Community Survey 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. Scott City shows it has a High School Grad or higher of 83% which is in the mid range of other places in the metro area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is East Cape Girardeau which shows a high school graduates of 92% (10.3% 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. Scott City depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 13% which is less than most other places in the surrounding region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Cape Girardeau which depicts a percent with a bachelors degree of 36% (approximately 2.9 times bigger).

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 Scott City Missouri educational level. Scott City depicts it has a School Dropout Rate of 17% which is in the mid point range of other places in the metro area. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Dutchtown which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 44% (approximately 2.6 times bigger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Scott City 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. Scott City has the percentage of percent of people with less than a high school education less than most other places in the greater region at 39% of the total.

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. Scott City has the smallest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 43% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 16% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Cape Girardeau with 21%. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a masters degree at 4% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Cape Girardeau (4%), and #1 Kelso (5%) are larger.

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. Scott City has the percentage of percent of people with a science or engineering degree in the intermediate range of other places in the local area at 3.4% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 22.4% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Cape Girardeau (25.8%), and #1 Kelso (30.3%) are larger. Third, it has in the middle range of other places in the area in terms of percent of people with an arts, humanities, or other degree at 26.6% 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. Scott City has the percentage of percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics less than most other places in the metro area at 2.6% of the total. Second, it has in the mid range of other places in the greater region as measured by percent of people with a degree in science and engineering related fields at 26.6% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in literature and languages at 6.1% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Scott City 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. Scott City has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 31.2% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Thebes with 33.5%.

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. Scott City has the percentage of percent of people with less than high school less than most other places in the metropolitan area at 39.4% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 23.7% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Thebes with 28.6%. 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.

Scott City 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. Scott City has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in kindergarten at 22.3% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Kelso (30.6%), and #1 East Cape Girardeau (66.2%) are larger. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 20.8% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Thebes with 21.3%. Third, it has in the mid point range of other places in the surrounding region in order of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 13.5% of the total.

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 Scott City Missouri region. Scott City shows percent enrolled in public schools very much bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

The next comparison provided in Figure 16 shows the proportion of students enrolled in private schools versus students enrolled public schools for students enrolled in Kindergarten through 8th grade (grade 8) or (K through 8). Scott City shows percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades quite a bit bigger as the percent of children enrolled in private k-8 grades.

Figure 17 provides a comparative analysis all students enrolled in a public high school versus those students who are enrolled in private high school schools. Scott City depicts percent enrolled in a public high school approximately 3.9 times bigger as the percent enrolled in a private high school.

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. Scott City depicts percent enrolled in a public college substantially bigger as the percent enrolled in a private college.

Figure 19 shows another view of students enrolled in public or private schools-postsecondary schools or colleges/universities. This analysis shows the proportion for all graduate and professional schools (such as law or medical school) and whether those students are enrolled in private or public institutions. Scott City shows percent enrolled in a public gradudate or professional school about 18.9% smaller as the percent enrolled in a private gradudate or professional school.

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 Scott City region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Scott City depicts it has a Total Enrolled of 1,166 which is the second most total enrolled of all the places in the greater Scott City region. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Cape Girardeau which indicates a total population enrolled in school of 11,550 ( markedly bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,076,829, Scott City is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in comparison with the state of Missouri, total population enrolled in school of 1,463,135, Scott City is only about 0.1% the size.

Scott City 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: Scott City Elem., Scott City Middle, Scott City High, Central High, and Parkview School. 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 Central High ranks the largest with a value of 1,122 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Central Middle (617), Central Jr. High (569), Clippard Elem. (429), and Alma Schrader Elem. (420). The difference between the highest value (Central High) and the next highest (Central Middle) is that the enrolled students is about about twice as large.

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 Parkview School ranks the largest with a value of 5.1 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Kelso Elem. (7.3), Echo Day Treatment Ctr. (7.3), Girardot Center For Youth (7.4), and Jefferson Elem. (11.1). The difference between the lowest value (Parkview School) and the next lowest (Kelso Elem.) is that the student to teacher ratio is 43.7% 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.