Summit township-Bates County Missouri Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Summit township-Bates 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. Summit township-Bates County shows it has a percent high school graduates or better of 79% which is the second smallest as measured by percent high school graduates or better of all the other places in the area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Appleton City which shows a high school graduates of 89% (11.9% larger).

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 Summit township-Bates County Missouri educational level. Summit township-Bates County depicts it has a percent who dropped out of school of 21% which is the second most of all the places in the area. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Rockville which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 22% (only about 5.0% larger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Summit township-Bates 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. Summit township-Bates County has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school education at 21% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 74% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 5% of the total.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Summit township-Bates 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. Summit township-Bates County has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school degree at 20.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 74.2% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 5.1% of the total.

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. Summit township-Bates County has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than high school at 20.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people high school graduates (or ged) at 74.2% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 5.1% of the total. 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.

Summit township-Bates 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: Butler High, Butler Elem., Ballard High, Ballard Elem., and Adrian Sr. High. 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 Butler Elem. ranks the largest with a value of 627 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Butler High (431), Sherwood Elem. (398), Adrian Sr. High (382), and Adrian Elem. (357). The difference between the highest value (Butler Elem.) and the next highest (Butler High) is that the enrolled students is about 45.5% 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 Montrose High ranks the largest with a value of 6.0 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Miami High (7.3), Rich Hill Youth Dev. Ctr. (7.7), Montrose Elem. (7.7), and Hudson Elem. (7.7). The difference between the lowest value (Montrose High) and the next lowest (Miami High) is that the student to teacher ratio is 21.0% 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.