Cumberland Gap Tennessee Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains Education data using using the latest 2019 American Community Survey census data. In the first chart, Figure 1 shows the number of people age 25 years or older who have graduated from high school or completed the GED or equivalent credential. Cumberland Gap shows it has 92% percent high school graduates or better which is the largest of all places in the area .

The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree is shown in Figure 2. Cumberland Gap shows it has 67% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is ranked #1 of all places in the area .

Figure 4 shows the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who either have no schooling or dropped out of school before completing high school. Cumberland Gap shows it has 8% percent who dropped out of school which is the 4th smallest percent who dropped out of school of all the other places in the area . The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Middlesborough city with a percent who dropped out of school of 33% is approximately 3.9 times bigger.

Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. Cumberland Gap has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 67% of the total and is ranked #1.

In terms of advanced education, Figure 6 shows the percentage breakdown of all people who have received a post secondary education, what is the highest level obtained. Cumberland Gap has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Masters degree at 31% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Professional school degree at 9% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Doctorate degree at 10% of the total and is ranked #1.

The chart in Figure 7 shows a high level classification of people with a Bachelors degree and their field of study. Cumberland Gap has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Science or Engineering degree at 66.4% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart (Figure 8) shows a detailed frequency distribution of the bachelors degrees earned by residents aged 25 years and older. Cumberland Gap has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Biological, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at 36.9% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Physical and Related Sciences at 11.5% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Psychology at 11.5% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Cumberland Gap has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 67.3% of the total and is ranked #1.

A detailed frequency distribution of educational attainment is provided in Figure 10 and allows detailed comparison between different attainment categories. Cumberland Gap has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors degree at 32.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Masters degree at 21.8% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a professional school degree (e.g. Law or Medicine) at 6.4% of the total and is ranked #1. In addition, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with Doctorate degree (Phd) at 7.1% of the total and is ranked #1.

Cumberland Gap Tennessee School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Cumberland Gap has the largest proportion of percent of people in Graduate or professional schools at 59.2% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 15 shows a comparison of all students in public versus private schools. Cumberland Gap Tennessee has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in private schools at 79% of the total and is ranked #1.

Next comparison in Figure 16 shows Kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) students enrolled in public versus private schools. Cumberland Gap Tennessee has the largest proportion of percent of children enrolled in private K-8 grades at 33% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 17 provides a view of all students high school students who are enrolled in public versus private schools. Cumberland Gap Tennessee has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a public high school at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next chart in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in each place shown. (Enrollment includes all students from preschool to graduate school.) Cumberland Gap indicates it has 184 Total population enrolled in school which is the 4th smallest Total population enrolled in school of all the other places in the area . The city with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Middlesborough with a Total population enrolled in school of 2,730 measures substantially bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Cumberland Gap measures only about 0.0% the size. Also, compared with the state of Tennessee, Total population enrolled in school of 1,574,474, Cumberland Gap measures only about 0.0% the size.

Cumberland Gap Tennessee Area Schools Charts

Figure 23 lists the schools in the area along with the school district and other information. Some of the Area Schools are: Ellen Myers Primary, East End Intermediate School, H. Y. Livesay Middle School, West End Primary School, and Cumberland Gap High School. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total school enrollment for all grades at the school using NCES Common Core data. Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that Bell County High School ranks the largest with a value of 789 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Bell Central School Center (621), Cumberland Gap High School (566), Yellow Creek School Center (526), and Soldiers Memorial Middle School (500). The difference between the highest value (Bell County High School) and the next highest (Bell Central School Center) is that the enrolled students is about is 27.1% larger.

Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers. Good measures are lower because they indicate less students for any one teacher to educate. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that Recovery/Alt School/Day Treatment ranks the largest with a value of 8.0 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Thomas Walker High (9.0), Elydale Elem. (13.1), Middlesboro Middle School (13.2), and Middlesboro High School (13.5). The difference between the lowest value (Recovery/Alt School/Day Treatment) and the next lowest (Thomas Walker High) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is 12.7% larger.