Graduate Report: 2017
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GRADUATE REPORT: 2017 GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT JANUARY 2018 The purpose of this report is to comply with Texas Education Code §39.306(a)(7) requiring annual reporting of information received under Texas Education Code §51.403(e) from the Texas High Education Coordinating Board concerning public education student enrollment and success in higher education. Due to timelines required for the capturing and reporting of the assembled data by the various educational agencies, including GISD, the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), the most current information available is reported, but may not reflect the most recent high school graduating class. Readers are encouraged to pay particular attention to graduating class years explained in the text and provided in graphs/tables. Based on graduation trends over the last ten years, the Garland Independent School District has experienced a fairly steady percentage of students graduating under “college ready” high school programs – that is, Recommended High School Program (RHSP), Distinguished Achievement Program (DAP), Foundation High School Program plus Distinguished Level Achievement (FHSP+DLA), and Foundation High School Program plus Endorsements (FHSP+E). Figure 1 highlights GISD graduate program fifteen year trends. FIGURE 1. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES BY YEAR AND DIPLOMA PROGRAM What is not as evident when looking at the changes in percentages of students graduating under various high school programs shown on Figure 1 is the increase in the number of students graduating each school year. Between 2007 (N graduates = 3,288) and 2016 (N graduates = 4,116), there was an increase of 828 students, representing a 25% increase over the past ten years. While not included in the graph, it is worth noting that the combined percentage of GISD college ready graduates for the past three years has exceeded state percentages. State RHSP/DAP graduate rates are 83% (Class of 2014), 80% (Class of 2015), and 79% (Class of 2016); GISD RHSP/DAP graduate rates are 84%, 84%, and 84% respectively. In addition, the GISD Class of 2016 saw a ten year low in the number of students graduating on non-college ready high school diploma plan (i.e., Minimum High School Plan and/or IEP-recommended). The percentages of students graduating on non-college ready high school diploma plans were 15.4% for the Class of 2014, 14.1% for the Class of 2015, and 10.7% for the Class of 2016. It’s also noteworthy that the number of students graduating on the Foundation High School Program has been increasing each year since it became an option for the Class of 2014. Foundation High School Program graduates represented 0.9% of graduates in 2014, 1.9% in 2015, and 4.8% in 2016. The goal of this report is to provide a glimpse into the college success of GISD graduates. This report is divided into sections to provide various elements related to college success of the most recent graduates for which data is available (most recent available varies by information reported). Tables are provided for the most recent graduates. GRADUATE REPORT PAGE 1 Research, Assessment & Accountability Department Garland Independent School District Graphs provide a longitudinal perspective on trends over time. Data is reported for the district and individual high schools. DATA & METHODOLOGY Data for this report was captured from the THECB. The agency collects college enrollment, completion and GPA data from two- and four-year colleges within Texas, as well as provides reporting and data exporting on its website: www.txhighereddata.org. It is important to note that there are limitations to the available data. For example, because the data is provided by the THECB, college information is limited to public higher education institutions within the state of Texas; students who attend private or out of state colleges are not captured. COLLEGE ENROLLMENT RESULTS Table 1 presents college enrollment for GISD students graduating in 2016 for the district, as well as each high school within the district. Lakeview Centennial High School had the largest percentage of graduates enroll in a two- or four-year institution immediately following high school graduation (56.8%), i.e., fall 2016. Other campuses with high percentages of graduates enrolling in higher education immediately following graduation include: North Garland High School (56.6%), Naaman Forest High School (54.1%), Sachse High School (53.8%), and Rowlett High School (52.1%). TABLE 1. CLASS OF 2016 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT (FALL 2016) Interestingly, while not noted in the chart the state percentage of high school graduates N enrolling in college immediately following N (%) N (%) N (%) 4-Year 2-Year high school graduation for the Class of 2016 Unknown Unknown Institution Institution Graduates was 49%. This is the lowest rate in three GISD 4115 878 (21%) 1,134 (28%) 2,103 (51%) years: Class of 2014 was 51% and the GHS 605 150 (25%) 145 (24%) 310 (51%) Class of 2015 was 50%. LCHS 512 154 (30%) 137 (27%) 221 (43%) In addition to college enrollment for the MPA 198 2 (1%) 17 (9%) 179 (90%) graduating class of 2016, THECB provides data access to explore trends over time as NFHS 523 87 (17%) 196 (37%) 240 (46%) displayed in Figure 2 on the next page. NGHS 521 126 (24%) 169 (32%) 226 (43%) RHS 635 138 (22%) 193 (30%) 304 (48%) SGHS 454 49 (11%) 90 (20%) 315 (69%) SHS 667 172 (26%) 187 (28%) 308 (46%) Figure 2 provides a ten year perspective of district and campus college enrollment trends (2- or 4-year institution) beginning with the graduating class of 2007. Based on this data, the average rate of district-wide students enrolling in college immediately following high school graduation is 53%. It appears that the district’s Class of 2008 had the highest percentage of students enrolling in college immediately following high school graduation (57%), while the Class of 2016 had the lowest rate (49%) of college enrollment. GRADUATE REPORT PAGE 2 Research, Assessment & Accountability Department Garland Independent School District FIGURE 2. LONGITUDINAL GRADUATE POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT (FALL SEMESTER) FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION: 2- OR 4-YEAR INSTITUTION At the campus level, Rowlett High School had the highest college enrollment rate during the last 10 years with the Class of 2009 (64%); the next campus cohorts with the highest college enrollment were Rowlett High School Class of 2008 (63%), Rowlett High School Class of 2010 (61%), Naaman Forest High School Classes of 2007 & 2008 (61%), North Garland High School Class of 2012 (61%), and Sachse High School Classes of 2009 & 2010 (61%). COLLEGE PERFORMANCE RESULTS Due to a lag in the capturing and reporting of this data, the most recent high school graduating cohort with grade point averages (GPAs) available is the graduating class of 2015. Table 2 presents the success of GISD high school graduates after completing their first year of college at a two- or four-year public institution of higher education. It is encouraging that 65% of the GISD 2015 graduates earned a 2.0 or better in their first year college coursework at a two-or four-year public institution. TABLE 2. CLASS OF 2015 FIRST YEAR COLLEGE GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA > 3.5 > 3.5 < 1.99 < 1.99 3.0-3.49 3.0-3.49 2.5-2.99 2.0-2.49 Enrolled Unknown Unknown GISD 2227 382 (17%) 443 (20%) 325 (15%) 297 (13%) 567 (25%) 213 (10%) GHS 317 64 (20%) 63 (20%) 52 (16%) 34 (11%) 76 (24%) 28 (9%) LCHS 325 42 (13%) 64 (20%) 55 (17%) 48 (15%) 89 (27%) 27 (8%) MPA 22 0 (0%) 2 (9%) 2 (9%) 2 (9%) 6 (27%) 10 (45%) NFHS 324 57 (18%) 61 (19%) 40 (12%) 47 (15%) 79 (24%) 40 (12%) NGHS 300 64 (21%) 65 (22%) 40 (13%) 40 (13%) 64 (21%) 27 (9%) RHS 387 72 (19%) 83 (21%) 51 (13%) 54 (14%) 94 (24%) 33 (9%) SGHS 170 15 (9%) 28 (16%) 20 (12%) 23 (14%) 66 (39%) 18 (11%) SHS 382 68 (18%) 77 (20%) 65 (17%) 49 (13%) 93 (24%) 30 (8%) GRADUATE REPORT PAGE 3 Research, Assessment & Accountability Department Garland Independent School District Campuses with the highest percent of students earning a 2.0 or better after their first year of college include North Garland High School (70% of their 300 trackable graduates), Sachse High School (68% of their 382 trackable graduates), Rowlett High School (67% of their 387 trackable graduates), and Garland High School (67% of their 317 trackable graduates). In addition, all seven traditional high school campuses have results indicating that more than 50% of their 2015 graduates earned a GPA of C or higher (> 2.0). Figure 3 takes a longitudinal look at the percentage of GISD graduates enrolled in a two- or four-year public institution of higher education that had a GPA of 2.0 or higher after their first year of college based on graduating classes of 2011 to 2015 … that’s a five year longitudinal perspective. FIGURE 3. LONGITUDINAL TRENDS IN FIRST YEAR COLLEGE GPAS Over the past five years, Garland High School has demonstrated the highest average percentage of students earning a first year college GPA of 2.0 or higher (71%), followed by Rowlett High school (67%) and Sachse High School (67%). Furthermore, the consistency of GISD graduate college performance is evidenced in Figure 3, with nearly all seven traditional high school campuses annually exceeding 50% of their graduates earning a first-year college GPA of at least 2.0, with the only exception being South Garland High School’s Class of 2013 graduates who experienced a rate of 49%.