Van Buren Missouri Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Van Buren 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. Van Buren depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 86% which is at the top of all other places in the greater Van Buren 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. Van Buren depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 13% which is the second most percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all the places in the greater Van Buren region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Hunter CDP which shows a percent with a bachelors degree of 41% (approximately 3.2 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 Van Buren Missouri educational level. Van Buren shows it has a School Dropout Rate of 14% which is the smallest when ranked by percent who dropped out of school of all the other places in the metropolitan area. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Mill Spring which shows a percent who dropped out of school of 47% (approximately 3.3 times bigger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Van Buren 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. Van Buren has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 14% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest as measured by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the local area in terms of percent of people with less than a high school education at 35% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 38% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Ellsinore with 39%.

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. Van Buren has the percentage of percent of people with an associate degree the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with an associate degree of all the other places in the local area at 36% of the total. Second, it has less than most other places in the greater region when ranked by percent of people with a bachelors degree at 15% of the total.

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. Van Buren has the largest proportion of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 28.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the second smallest when ranked by percent of people with a science or engineering degree of all the other places in the greater region in terms of percent of people with an arts, humanities, or other degree at 3.8% 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. Van Buren has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences at 10.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in multidisciplinary studies at 28.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the second smallest in terms of percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics of all the other places in the metro area in order of percent of people with a degree in science and engineering related fields at 3.8% of the total. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in liberal arts and history at 11.2% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Van Buren 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. Van Buren has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 14.3% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the greater region when sorted by percent of people with less than a high school degree at 34.8% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 37.9% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Ellsinore with 39.3%.

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. Van Buren has the smallest proportion of percent of people with no schooling at 14.3% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest in order of percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the greater region when sorted by percent of people with less than high school at 34.8% 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.

Van Buren 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. Van Buren has the percentage of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 in the mid point range of other places in the local area at 25.3% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest when sorted by percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the area in terms of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 20.2% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 18.0% of the total and is ranked #1.

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 Van Buren region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Van Buren shows it has a Total Enrolled of 195 which is the third most total enrolled of all other places in the greater Van Buren region. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Ellington which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 296 (51.8% larger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, Van Buren is only about 0.0% the size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Missouri, total population enrolled in school of 1,480,841, Van Buren is only about 0.0% the size.

Van Buren 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: Van Buren Elem., Van Buren High, East Carter Co. R-Ii Middle, East Carter Co. R-Ii High, and East Carter Co. R-Ii 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 Clearwater Elementary ranks the largest with a value of 404 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Winona Elem. (339), East Carter Co. R-Ii Elem. (331), Clearwater High (314), and Clearwater Middle (303). The difference between the highest value (Clearwater Elementary) and the next highest (Winona Elem.) is that the enrolled students is about 19.2% 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 Eminence High ranks the largest with a value of 9.4 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Winona High (9.4), Clearwater Elementary (11.4), Van Buren Elem. (11.4), and Clearwater Middle (11.7). The difference between the lowest value (Eminence High) and the next lowest (Winona High) is that the student to teacher ratio is about the same size.

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.