Timber Lakes CDP Utah Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Timber Lakes CDP Utah based mainly on the latest year 2020 American Community Survey census data 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. Timber Lakes CDP shows it has a High School Grad or higher of 100% which is ranked #1 of all places in the greater Timber Lakes CDP region.

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. Timber Lakes CDP depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 36% which is the second most percent with a bachelors degree or higher of all the places in the greater Timber Lakes CDP region. The place with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Woodland CDP which indicates a percent with a bachelors degree of 42% (18.2% larger).



Figure 5 provides a more detailed look at the educational attainment for Timber Lakes CDP Utah. 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. Timber Lakes CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school education at 38% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school degree, ged, or equivalent at 26% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 36% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Woodland CDP with 42%.

The next chart shows a break down of people who have received a bachelor's degree or higher advanced degree generally in a campus learning environment. In particular, Figure 6, provides the proportional breakdown of all the people who have received a postsecondary education along with what the level of advanced degree that was obtained. Note that these categories do not include any type professional development type activities such as those related to maintaining professional credentials in workshop lessons. Note Professional Degree includes medical, dental, lawyers, etc. Timber Lakes CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 80% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has less than most other places in the greater region as measured by percent of people with a bachelors degree at 11% 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. Timber Lakes CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in computers, mathematics and statistics at 22.7% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in social sciences at 25.3% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in literature and languages at 16.5% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Timber Lakes CDP Utah 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. Timber Lakes CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than a high school degree at 38.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with high school (or ged) at 25.8% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with some college or an associates degree at 35.7% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Woodland CDP with 42.3%.

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. Timber Lakes CDP has the largest proportion of percent of people with less than high school at 38.4% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with some college but not a graduate at 3.5% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with an associate degree at 31.4% of the total and is ranked #1. 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.

Timber Lakes CDP Utah 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. Timber Lakes CDP has the percentage of percent of children in kindergarten the second smallest as measured by percent of children in kindergarten of all the other places in the metro area at 12.3% of the total. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 10.5% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of people in undergraduate colleges at 51.8% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger place being Woodland CDP with 61.5%.

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 Timber Lakes CDP Utah region. Timber Lakes CDP shows percent enrolled in public schools approximately 4.6 times bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

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. Timber Lakes CDP indicates percent enrolled in a public gradudate or professional school 18.5% 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 Timber Lakes CDP region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Timber Lakes CDP shows it has a Total Enrolled of 152 which is in the intermediate range of other places in the greater region. The place with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Heber which depicts a total population enrolled in school of 5,353 ( considerably bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, Timber Lakes CDP is only about 0.0% the size. Also, in contrast to the state of Utah, total population enrolled in school of 984,917, Timber Lakes CDP is only about 0.0% the size.

Timber Lakes CDP Utah 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: Old Mill School, Wasatch High, Timpanogos Intermediate, J.R. Smith School, and Heber Valley 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 Wasatch High ranks the largest with a value of 1,664 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Park City High (1,083), Rocky Mountain Middle (849), Timpanogos Intermediate (844), and Treasure Mtn Junior High School (710). The difference between the highest value (Wasatch High) and the next highest (Park City High) is that the enrolled students is about 53.6% 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 Soldier Hollow Charter School ranks the largest with a value of 16.0 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Mcpolin School (17.0), Trailside School (18.0), J.R. Smith School (19.0), and South Summit Middle (19.3). The difference between the lowest value (Soldier Hollow Charter School) and the next lowest (Mcpolin School) is that the student to teacher ratio is 6.1% larger.

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