St Francois township-Madison County Missouri Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for St Francois township-Madison 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. St Francois township-Madison County shows it has a percent high school graduates or better of 100% which is at the top of all other places in the greater St Francois township-Madison County region.

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. St Francois township-Madison County shows it has a percent with a bachelors degree or higher of 17% which is the third most percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all other places in the greater St Francois township-Madison County region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Fredericktown which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 24% (38.5% larger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for St Francois township-Madison 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. St Francois township-Madison County has the largest proportion of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 54% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the area when sorted by percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 29% 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. St Francois township-Madison County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 100% 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. St Francois township-Madison County has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a business degree at 61.1% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Cherokee Pass CDP with 80.4%.

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. St Francois township-Madison County has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in business at 61.1% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Cherokee Pass CDP with 80.4%.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater St Francois township-Madison 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. St Francois township-Madison County has the largest proportion of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 53.8% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the surrounding region as measured by percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 29.2% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a bachelors degree or higher at 17.0% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Cherokee Pass CDP (18.4%), and #1 Fredericktown (23.5%) are larger.

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. St Francois township-Madison County has the largest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 53.8% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 17.0% 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.

St Francois township-Madison 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: Fredericktown Elem., Fredericktown High, Fredericktown Middle, Fredericktown Intermediate, and Arcadia Valley 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 Farmington Sr. High ranks the largest with a value of 1,186 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Farmington Middle (573), Fredericktown High (559), Lincoln Intermediate (543), and Fredericktown Elem. (478). The difference between the highest value (Farmington Sr. High) and the next highest (Farmington 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 Marquand-Zion High ranks the largest with a value of 9.2 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: South Iron High (11.4), South Iron Elem. (12.0), Fredericktown Elem. (12.5), and Arcadia Valley Elem. (12.5). The difference between the lowest value (Marquand-Zion High) and the next lowest (South Iron High) is that the student to teacher ratio is 23.2% 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.