Ooltewah 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. Ooltewah shows it has 96% percent high school graduates or better which is the highest 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. Ooltewah indicates it has 47% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is at the top of all other 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. Ooltewah shows it has 4% 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 place with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Apison with a percent who dropped out of school of 18% is approximately 4.8 times bigger.

Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. Ooltewah has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 47% 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. Ooltewah has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors degree at 85% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Doctorate degree at 6% 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. Ooltewah has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Science or Engineering degree at 50.7% 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. Ooltewah has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Social Sciences at 31.2% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Engineering at 11.5% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Liberal Arts and History at 14.8% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. Ooltewah has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 47.3% 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. Ooltewah has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors degree at 40.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with Doctorate degree (Phd) at 3.0% of the total and is ranked #1.

Ooltewah Tennessee School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. Ooltewah has the largest proportion of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 43.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people in Graduate or professional schools at 15.0% 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. Ooltewah Tennessee has the largest proportion of percent of children enrolled in public K-8 grades at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.

The next charts look at public versus private higher education schools starting with Figure 18. Ooltewah Tennessee has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a Private college 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.) Ooltewah shows it has 160 Total population enrolled in school which is the 6th 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 Collegedale with a Total population enrolled in school of 4,157 is markedly bigger. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,415,106, Ooltewah is only about 0.0% the size. Also, versus the state of Tennessee, Total population enrolled in school of 1,574,474, Ooltewah is only about 0.0% the size.

Ooltewah 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: Ooltewah Elementary, Wolftever Creek Elementary, Ooltewah Middle School, Ooltewah High School, and Hunter Middle 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 East Hamilton School ranks the largest with a value of 1,899 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Ooltewah High School (1,404), Central High School (947), Wallace A. Smith Elementary (833), and Ooltewah Middle School (771). The difference between the highest value (East Hamilton School) and the next highest (Ooltewah High School) is that the enrolled students is about is 35.3% 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 East Brainerd Elementary ranks the largest with a value of 13.0 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Wolftever Creek Elementary (14.0), Tyner Academy (14.4), Lakeside Academy (14.6), and Bess T Shepherd Elementary (14.8). The difference between the lowest value (East Brainerd Elementary) and the next lowest (Wolftever Creek Elementary) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is compares as 7.9% larger.