Livingston County Education
In the last fifty years the educational attainment
of the American people has changed dramatically. In
1940, one-fourth of all persons 25 years old and over
had completed high school (or more education), and one
in twenty had completed four or more years of college.
By 1990, over three-fourths (77.6 percent) had completed
four years of high school or more and over one-fifth
(21.3 percent) had completed four or more years of college.
Among Michigan's population ages 25 years and over,
about 76.8 percent were at least high school graduates
and 17.4 percent had at least a bachelor's degree. In
comparison to state figures, Livingston County has a
higher 1990 percent of persons with at least a high
school graduate attainment (85.6 percent) and a higher
percent of persons 25 years and over with at least a
bachelor's degree (19.6 percent). This 85.6 percent
of high school graduates or higher is greater than the
percentage in most counties within Southeast Michigan
(Macomb 76.9 percent, Oakland 84.6 percent, and Wayne
70.0 percent) and is second only to Washtenaw County
with 87.2 percent high school graduates or higher.
The attainment of a bachelor's degree or higher is
achieved to the largest extent by persons in Washtenaw
County (41.9 percent). Oakland County is second (30.2
percent) and Livingston County is third (19.6 percent),
followed by Wayne (13.7 percent) and Macomb (13.5 percent).
Within the Livingston County population age 25 years
and over, only 3.5 percent of the population has less
than a ninth grade education.
Within the townships, cities and villages, Fowlerville,
Pinckney and Conway Township have the highest percentages
of persons with less than a ninth grade education; 6.5,
6.2 and 6.2, respectively. The county percent of high
school graduate or higher educational attainment is
85.6 percent. Unadilla (75.8 percent) and Handy (77.4
percent) Townships are the communities which reflect
the lowest percentages of this level of educational
attainment, while Hartland Township maintains the highest
percentage, with an impressive 91.5 percent.
Approximately one-fifth or 19.6 percent of Livingston
County's population age 25 and over has obtained a bachelor's
degree or higher. The attainment of a bachelor's degree
or higher is less likely in the communities of Cohoctah
(7.3 percent), Handy (8.0 percent) and Fowlerville (8.2
percent) but is very probable in the southeast quadrant
and eastern edge of the county. Communities such as
Brighton, Genoa, Hamburg, Green Oak, Hartland and Tyrone
have bachelor's degree or higher education attainment
at 20 percent or greater.
School Districts
Livingston County partially or wholly contains 15
different public school districts. Most Livingston County
children attend public school within the Fowlerville,
Howell, Hartland, Brighton or Pinckney school district.
School district enrollments in these 5 districts has
increased since 1990 by a minimum of 24%. The Hartland
Consolidated School District has incurred the greatest
percent change between 1990 to 1999 with a 41.9% change.
The Howell Public School District has gained the largest
number of students between 1990 and 1999, with 1,643
new students.
Two public school academies in Livingston County,
the Charyl Stockwell Academy and the Livingston Technical
Academy, had 1999 enrollments of 398 and 81 students
respectively. An additional 271 students in 1999 were
enrolled in public school alternative education.
The ARC of Livingston is a non profit organization
for parents who had children born with developmental
disabilities and want more for their children than an
institutional life. (517) 546-1228.
Cleary University is proud to have a campus in Livingston
County as are Washtenaw Community College (Brighton)
and Lansing Community College (Howell). |
