Fairmount 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. Fairmount shows it has 98% percent high school graduates or better which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area . The place with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Signal Mountain with a high school graduates of 99% compares as about the same size.

The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree is shown in Figure 2. Fairmount shows it has 62% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area . The place with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Signal Mountain with a percent with a bachelors degree of 71% is 15.3% larger.

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. Fairmount illustrates it has 2% percent who dropped out of school which is the 6th ranked in percent who dropped out of school out of 10 total in the area . The place with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Lone Oak with a percent who dropped out of school of 18% is very much bigger.

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. Fairmount has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Professional school degree at 24% 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. Fairmount has the largest proportion of percent of people with a professional school degree (e.g. Law or Medicine) at 17.9% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with Doctorate degree (Phd) at 3.6% of the total and is ranked #1.

Fairmount Tennessee School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Fairmount has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 5 to 8 at 32.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 39.8% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next charts look at public versus private higher education schools starting with Figure 18. Fairmount Tennessee has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a Public college at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 19 shows for all graduate and professional schools (such as Law or Medical school) and whether students are enrolled in public or private schools. Fairmount Tennessee has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a Public gradudate or Professional 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.) Fairmount shows it has 734 Total population enrolled in school which is the 4th ranked in Total population enrolled in school out of 10 total in the area . The place with the highest Total population enrolled in school in the area is Middle Valley with a Total population enrolled in school of 2,846 measures approximately 3.9 times bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Fairmount is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in comparison with the state of Tennessee, Total population enrolled in school of 1,574,474, Fairmount is only about 0.0% the size.

Fairmount 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: Nolan Elementary, Signal Mountain Middle/High School, Thrasher Elementary, Red Bank High School, and Falling Water Elementary. 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 Soddy Daisy High School ranks the largest with a value of 1,341 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Signal Mountain Middle/High School (1,312), Hixson High School (854), Normal Park Museum Magnet School (829), and Red Bank High School (749). The difference between the highest value (Soddy Daisy High School) and the next highest (Signal Mountain Middle/High School) is that the enrolled students is about is only slightly 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 Ivy Academy Inc ranks the largest with a value of 12.4 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Hixson Elementary (12.5), Normal Park Museum Magnet School (12.9), Rivermont Elementary (13.7), and Daisy Elementary (14.3). The difference between the lowest value (Ivy Academy Inc) and the next lowest (Hixson Elementary) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is is about the same size.