The phrase
"school completers" refers to students who have successfully finished or completed their education at a school. It means that they have completed all the necessary requirements and have reached the end of their schooling journey.
Full definition
The annual percentage of
high school completers who enroll in 2 - or 4 - year colleges in the fall immediately following high school completion is known as the immediate college enrollment rate.
Percentage of high
school completers who were enrolled in 2 - or 4 - year colleges by the October immediately following high school completion, by race / ethnicity: 2000 through 2016
Higher percentages of high
school completers immediately enrolled in 4 - year colleges than in 2 - year colleges in every year from 2000 to 2016.
From 2003 onward, data for White, Black, and Asian high
school completers exclude persons identifying themselves as of Two or more races.
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.
NCES defines recent high
school completers as «persons sixteen to twenty - four years old who graduated from high school in the preceding twelve months.
The information in these synthesis reports was collected from practicing administrators and teachers in reentry programs nationwide, and is designed to assist state departments of education, school districts, and community - based organizations interested in redesigning or initiating efforts to help youth with disabilities return to the education system and become
successful school completers.
«In 2014 the median earnings of young adults with a bachelor's degree ($ 49,900) were 66 percent higher than the medan earnings of young adult
hig school completers ($ 30,000).»
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
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
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.
(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.
2 The terms «high
school completers» and «students» are used interchangeably throughout the indicator.
College, Enrollment, Gap, High
school completer, Postsecondary institutions (basic classification by level), Racial / ethnic group
NOTE: 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.
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
Due to some short - term data fluctuations associated with small sample sizes, percentages for racial / ethnic groups were calculated based on 3 - year moving averages with the following exceptions: The percentages for 2016 were calculated based on a 2 - year moving average (an average of 2015 and 2016), and the 2003 percentage for Asian high
school completers was based on a 2 - year moving average (an average of 2003 and 2004).
1 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 data include such characteristics as the number of students and teachers, number of high
school completers and the averaged freshman graduation rate, and revenues and expenditures.
The districts produced 20 percent of all high
school completers (both diploma and other completion credential recipients) in 2007 - 08.