1980 Educational Attainment
(Persons 25 Years and Over)
	Franklin	Henry	Patrick	Pittsylvania	Danville	Martinsville	West
Years of School Completed	County	County	County	County	City	City	Piedmont	Virginia	United States
0 to 8 Years of elementary school	7,992	12,615	4,795	15,795	9,421	3,342	53,960	677,968
1 to 3 years of high school	3,405	6,460	1,810	8,463	5,866	2,140	28,144	499,039
4 years of high school	5,977	9,500	2,920	9,168	7,017	2,824	37,406	889,682
1 to 3 years of college	2,023	3,054	796	3,360	3,752	1,603	14,588	468,124
4 or more years of college	1,546	2,100	655	2,218	3,057	1,753	11,329	598,069
Total persons 25 years and over	20,943	33,729	10,976	39,004	29,113	11,662	145,427	3,132,882	132,835,687
Percent completed 4 years of high school or higher	45.6%	43.4%	39.8%	37.8%	47.5%	53.0%	43.5%	62.4%	66.5%
Percent completed 4 or more years of college	7.4%	6.2%	6.0%	5.7%	10.5%	15.0%	7.8%	19.1%	16.2%
Source:  1980 U.S. Census of Population and Housing.
1990 Educational Attainment
(Persons 25 Years and Over)
	Franklin	Henry	Patrick	Pittsylvania	Danville	Martinsville	West
Educational Attainment	County	County	County	County	City	City	Piedmont	Virginia	United States
Less than 9th grade	5,861	8,686	3,386	8,552	7,481	2,094	36,060	443,668	16,502,211
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,570	8,875	2,134	7,829	7,905	2,096	33,409	543,535	22,841,507
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,225	11,293	3,487	11,730	9,508	2,806	47,049	1,059,199	47,642,763
Some college, no degree	3,554	4,912	1,533	4,530	4,829	1,869	21,227	736,007	29,779,777
Associate degree	1,203	1,753	637	1,904	1,945	654	8,096	219,511	9,791,925
Bachelor's degree	1,646	1,934	573	1,811	2,856	1,278	10,098	612,679	20,832,567
Graduate or professional degree	985	629	266	945	1,633	511	4,969	360,215	11,477,686
Total persons 25 years and over	26,044	38,082	12,016	37,301	36,157	11,308	160,908	3,974,814	158,868,436
Percent high school graduate or higher	59.9%	53.9%	54.1%	56.1%	57.4%	62.9%	56.8%	75.2%	75.2%
Percent attained bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	6.7%	7.0%	7.4%	12.4%	15.8%	9.4%	24.5%	20.3%
Percent attained graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.7%	2.2%	2.5%	4.5%	4.5%	3.1%	9.1%	7.2%
Source:  1990 U.S. Census of Population and Housing.
2000 Educational Attainment
(Persons 25 Years and Over)
	Franklin	Henry	Patrick	Pittsylvania	Danville	Martinsville	West
Educational Attainment	County	County	County	County	City	City	Piedmont	Virginia	United States
Less than 9th grade	4,072	6,119	2,401	6,136	3,987	1,420	24,135	338,184	13,755,477
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,120	8,111	2,816	7,982	6,467	1,993	32,489	526,426	21,960,148
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,765	13,240	4,751	15,173	10,198	3,178	57,305	1,212,463	52,168,981
Some college, no degree	6,484	7,135	1,943	7,340	6,330	1,786	31,018	951,700	38,351,595
Associate degree	1,714	2,093	714	2,496	1,607	666	9,290	262,813	11,512,833
Bachelor's degree	3,195	2,567	862	2,571	2,852	1,138	13,185	835,011	28,317,792
Graduate or professional degree	1,687	1,253	328	1,422	1,755	662	7,107	539,977	16,144,813
Total persons 25 years and over	33,037	40,518	13,815	43,120	33,196	10,843	174,529	4,666,574	182,211,639
Percent high school graduate or higher	72.2%	64.9%	62.2%	67.3%	68.5%	68.5%	67.6%	81.5%	80.4%
Percent attained bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	9.4%	8.6%	9.3%	13.9%	16.6%	11.6%	29.5%	24.4%
Percent attained graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.1%	2.4%	3.3%	5.3%	6.1%	4.1%	11.6%	8.9%
Source:  2000 U.S. Census of Population and Housing, SF-3, U.S. Census Bureau.