Erie County Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Erie County Ohio 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. Erie County depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 92% which is in the center range of other counties in the greater region. The county with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Seneca County which shows a high school graduates of 93% ( only slightly 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. Erie County depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 25% which is in the mid range of other counties in the surrounding region. The county with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Cuyahoga County which depicts a percent with a bachelors degree of 34% (36.4% 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 Erie County Ohio educational level. Erie County shows it has a School Dropout Rate of 8% which is in the middle range of other counties in the area. The county with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Huron County which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 10% (24.0% larger).

Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Erie County Ohio. 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. Erie County has the percentage of percent of people with less than a high school education less than most other counties in the metropolitan area at 35% 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. Erie County has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a degree in literature and languages at 3.3% 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. Erie County has the percentage of percent of people with less than high school less than most other counties in the metropolitan area at 35.5% 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.

Erie County School Enrollment Charts

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 Erie County Ohio region. Erie County shows percent enrolled in public schools approximately 5.0 times 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). Erie County depicts percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades appreciably 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. Erie County depicts percent enrolled in a public high school substantially 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. Erie County depicts percent enrolled in a public college very much 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. Erie County shows percent enrolled in a public gradudate or professional school 48.2% larger 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 Erie County region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Erie County shows it has a Total Enrolled of 15,483 which is the third most total enrolled of all other counties in the greater Erie County region. The county with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Cuyahoga County which shows a total population enrolled in school of 291,729 ( substantially bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,076,829, Erie County is only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared to the state of Ohio, total population enrolled in school of 2,788,611, Erie County is only about 0.6% the size.

The final chart in this series is Figure 22 and provides analysis data for the school year shown. The chart shows the proportion of kids/children that are enrolled in a pre-school public district versus those kids/children who are enrolled in a private pre-school oriented tuition institution (private salary/superintendent/etc.) Erie County Ohio has the percentage of public preschool enrollment in the mid range of other counties in the metropolitan area at 28% of the total.

Erie County 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: Woodlands Intermediate School, Mccormick Junior High, Ontario Elementary School, Huron High School, and Shawnee Elementary. 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 Sandusky High School ranks the largest with a value of 850 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Meadowlawn Elementary School (570), Vermilion Elementary School (527), Huron High School (500), and Furry Elementary School (478). The difference between the highest value (Sandusky High School) and the next highest (Meadowlawn Elementary School) is that the enrolled students is about 49.1% 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 Danbury High School ranks the largest with a value of 8.2 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Adams Junior High School (12.0), Sandusky High School (13.1), Mccormick Junior High (13.6), and Danbury Elementary School (15.1). The difference between the lowest value (Danbury High School) and the next lowest (Adams Junior High School) is that the student to teacher ratio is 46.6% larger.

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