Owyhee CDP Nevada Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Owyhee CDP Nevada 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. Owyhee CDP depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 74% which is the smallest in terms of percent high school graduates or better of all the other places in the surrounding region. The place with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Mountain Home AFB CDP which shows a high school graduates of 100% (34.2% 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. Owyhee CDP indicates it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 12% which is the third most percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all other places in the greater Owyhee CDP region. The place with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Mountain Home AFB CDP which depicts a percent with a bachelors degree of 36% (approximately 3.0 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 Owyhee CDP Nevada educational level. Owyhee CDP depicts it has a School Dropout Rate of 26% which is at the top of all other places in the greater Owyhee CDP region.

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Owyhee CDP Nevada. 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. Owyhee CDP has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with no schooling at 10% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Elko (12%), and #1 Glenns Ferry (19%) are larger. 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 ranked by percent of people with less than a high school education at 24% 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. Owyhee CDP has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 20.0% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Carlin with 32.5%. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 25.3% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Mountain Home AFB CDP with 33.0%. Third, it has the second smallest in terms of percent of people with a science or engineering degree of all the other places in the metro area as measured by percent of people with an arts, humanities, or other degree at 14.7% 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. Owyhee CDP has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in psychology at 17.3% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Grand View with 31.6%. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in social sciences at 18.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in multidisciplinary studies at 20.0% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Carlin with 32.5%. Also, it has the second smallest when sorted by percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics of all the other places in the metro area when ranked by percent of people with a degree in science and engineering related fields at 14.7% of the total. In addition, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a degree in communications at 25.3% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Mountain Home AFB CDP with 29.3%.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Owyhee CDP Nevada 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. Owyhee CDP has the percentage of percent of people with less than a high school degree the second smallest in order of percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the metro area at 24.3% 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. Owyhee CDP has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with no schooling at 10.0% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Elko (11.5%), and #1 Glenns Ferry (18.8%) are larger. Second, it has the second smallest in terms of percent of people with no schooling of all the other places in the surrounding region when sorted by percent of people with less than high school at 24.3% 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.

Owyhee CDP Nevada 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. Owyhee CDP has the percentage of percent of children in kindergarten the second smallest in order of percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the metropolitan area at 12.9% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 37.6% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Grand View with 71.2%. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 32.8% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the second smallest in order of percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the metro area as measured by percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 4.3% 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 Owyhee CDP Nevada region. Owyhee CDP depicts percent enrolled in public schools very much bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

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. Owyhee CDP shows percent enrolled in a public college about the same size as the percent enrolled in a private college.

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 Owyhee CDP region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Owyhee CDP shows it has a Total Enrolled of 199 which is the second smallest when ranked by total population enrolled in school of all the other places in the area. The place with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Elko which shows a total population enrolled in school of 4,821 ( quite a bit bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,076,829, Owyhee CDP is only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Nevada, total population enrolled in school of 701,445, Owyhee CDP is only about 0.0% the size.

Owyhee CDP Nevada 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: Owyhee Elementary School (All Nv & Idaho Only), Owyhee High School (All Nv & Idaho Only), Rimrock Jr-Sr High School, Bruneau Elementary School, and Grand View Elementary 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 Elko High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,392 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Adobe Middle School (665), Flagview Intermediate School (649), Southside Elementary School (636), and Mountain View Elementary School (563). The difference between the highest value (Elko High School) and the next highest (Adobe Middle School) 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 Owyhee High School (All Nv & Idaho Only) ranks the largest with a value of 4.8 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Bruneau Elementary School (10.8), Rimrock Jr-Sr High School (11.1), Grand View Elementary School (16.0), and Elko Institute For Academic Achievement (16.2). The difference between the lowest value (Owyhee High School (All Nv & Idaho Only)) and the next lowest (Bruneau Elementary School) is that the student to teacher ratio is approximately 2.3 times bigger.

The next chart, Figure 26, shows the racial mix of students at each location in this district of the state of Nevada department of education.