King County Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains Education data using using the latest 2017 American Community Survey 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. King County points out it has 92% percent high school graduates or better which is the 4th in percent high school graduates or better out of 10 total in the area. The county with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Island County with a high school graduates of 95% is only slightly larger.

The number of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree is shown in Figure 2. King County illustrates it has 49% percent with a bachelors degree or higher which is the most of all countiesin 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. King County shows it has 8% percent who dropped out of school which is the 4th in percent who dropped out of school out of 10 total in the area. The county with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Kittitas County with a percent who dropped out of school of 9% compares as 25.2% larger.

Figure 5 shows a pie chart that illustrates the proportion of educational attainment by large categories of achievement. King County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 49% 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. King County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Masters degree at 23% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Professional school 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. King County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Science or Engineering degree at 45.5% 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. King County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in Computers, Mathematics and Statistics at 7.8% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 9 provides a detailed comparison between places of educational attainment in large categories. King County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors Degree or higher at 49.1% 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. King County has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Bachelors degree at 30.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with a Masters degree at 13.2% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of percent of people with Doctorate degree (Phd) at 2.4% of the total and is ranked #1.

King County School Enrollment Charts

The next section of charts looks at school enrollment. Figure 14 shows the overall school enrollment by detailed grade groupings. King County has the largest proportion of percent of people in Graduate or professional schools at 8.1% 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.) King County shows it has 492,042 Total population enrolled in school which is the highest of all countiesin the area. Comparing Total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 82,148,370, King County is only about 0.6% the size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Washington, Total population enrolled in school of 1,724,293, King County is approximately a third the size.

In Figure 22, the proportion of children enrolled in public versus private preschools is shown. King County Washington has the largest proportion of percent enrolled in a private preschool at 63% of the total and is ranked #1.

King County 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: Snoqualmie Middle School, Mount Si High School, Two Rivers School, Snoqualmie Elementary, and North Bend Elementary 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 Issaquah High School ranks the largest with a value of 2,014 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Mount Si High School (1,675), Grand Ridge Elementary (896), Pacific Cascade Middle School (791), and Issaquah Middle School (763). The difference between the highest value (Issaquah High School) and the next highest (Mount Si High School) is that the enrolled students is about is 20.2% 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 Tiger Mountain Community High School ranks the largest with a value of 11.4 Student to Teacher Ratio. The next largest values are for: Two Rivers School (12.1), Echo Glen School (12.1), Clark Elementary (16.7), and Cascade Ridge Elementary (18.4). The difference between the lowest value (Tiger Mountain Community High School) and the next lowest (Two Rivers School) is that the Student to Teacher Ratio is compares as only about 5.6% larger.