NCES defines recent
high school completers as «persons sixteen to twenty - four years old who graduated from high school in the preceding twelve months.
In 2002, after the GED Testing Service introduced a more difficult set of GED tests, the percentage of
high school completers receiving the GED dropped from 17 to 10 percent.
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High school completers are individuals ages 16 to 24 who graduated from high school or completed a GED or other high school equivalency credential prior to October of the calendar year.
The immediate college enrollment rate for
high school completers increased from 63 percent in 2000 to 70 percent in 2016.
From 2003 onward, data for White, Black, and Asian
high school completers exclude persons identifying themselves as of Two or more races.
Percentage of
high school completers who were enrolled in 2 - or 4 - year colleges by the October immediately following high school completion, by sex: 2000 through 2016
Percentage of
high school completers who were enrolled in 2 - or 4 - year colleges by the October immediately following high school completion, by level of institution: 2000 through 2016
1 The separate collection of data on Asian
high school completers did not begin until 2003.
Percentage of
high school completers who were enrolled in 2 - or 4 - year colleges by the October immediately following high school completion, by family income: 2000 through 2016
(Note: The college enrollment numbers come from Census Bureau table 276 — College Enrollment of Recent
High School Completers, defined as: «persons 16 to 24 years old who graduated from high school in the preceding 12 months.
The college enrollment numbers come from Census Bureau Table 276 — College Enrollment of Recent
High School Completers, defined as «persons 16 to 24 years old who graduated from high school in the preceding 12 months.
College, Enrollment, Gap,
High school completer, Postsecondary institutions (basic classification by level), Racial / ethnic group
Not exact matches
The increasing gap over time is due both to
higher levels of graduate
school borrowing among black BA
completers, as well as lower rates of repayment.
School completer graduated from high school or completed some other education program that is approved by the state or local education a
School completer graduated from
high school or completed some other education program that is approved by the state or local education a
school or completed some other education program that is approved by the state or local education agency.
Increasing numbers of middle
school and
high school students are taking advantage of dual - credit, college - level courses partially or fully funded by the «8 in 6 Program», the «Dual Credit for Early
Completers program», and the «Fast Forward Program».
TEA considers using a
high school «completion rate» instead of dropout rate, as allowed by legislation, which also replaces the graduate with the broader
completer category.
Programs such as Linked Learning, which according to its website, «integrates rigorous academics that meet college - ready standards with sequenced,
high - quality career - technical education, work - based learning, and supports to help students stay on track,» have seen positive outcomes for students.51 A seven - year longitudinal study comparing students who participated in Linked Learning to those who did not showed that the program
completers were less likely to drop out and more likely to graduate from
high school.