Report 2016.0576 Performance Report on 2014 High School Graduates Attending McLennan Community College An assessment of attendance rates, pass rates, enrollment in developmental courses, and retention. Prepared by: Office of Institutional Research Laura Wichman, Senior Research Analyst McLennan Community College Table of Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 3 Data Background .................................................................................................................................. 4 Table 1. Enrolled at MCC During the Fall 2014 Semester .................................................................... 5 Table 2. Fall 2014 Semester Gender Comparison ................................................................................ 6 Table 3. Fall 2014 Semester Ethnicity Comparison .............................................................................. 7 Table 4. Fall 2014 Semester Course Load Comparison ....................................................................... 8 Table 5. Fall 2014 Semester Program Comparison .............................................................................. 9 Table 6. Fall 2014 Grade Distribution Comparison ............................................................................. 10 Table 7. Pass Rate Comparisons ....................................................................................................... 11 Table 8. Enrollment in Developmental Courses .................................................................................. 12 Table 9. Enrolled in One or More Developmental Courses by Subject ............................................... 13 Table 10. Fall 2014 Average Attempted Hours, Completed Hours and Term GPA............................. 14 Table 11. Fall 2014 to Fall 2015 Retention ......................................................................................... 15 Executive Summary Of the 2,439 local high school graduates in 2014, 26.9% (657) attended McLennan Community College (McLennan) in the fall 2014 semester. Moody High School had the highest percentage of graduates (65.2%) and Midway High School had the highest number of graduates (128) attending McLennan during the fall 2014 semester. In terms of demographics, 63% (417) of all local high school graduates attending McLennan in the fall 2014 semester were female, which was representative of 2014 high school graduates. White students made up 49% (319) of students in the fall 2014 semester, while 46% (301) were minority. The largest minority groups were Hispanic at 33% (218) followed by African American at 13% (83). In terms of course load, 78% (515) of students attending McLennan in the fall 2014 semester enrolled 12 or more semester hours (full-time). McGregor High School had 100% of 2014 graduates attending full time, followed by Axtell High School at 91%. The schools with the highest percentages of part-time students were Bruceville Eddy (45%) and Crawford High Schools (35%) of 2014 graduates. Academic (transfer) programs were most popular with the 2014 local high school graduates, with 82% (536) of students attending McLennan in the fall 2014 semester enrolled. The local high schools with the highest percentage of students attending McLennan in the fall 2014 semester in academic programs were Bruceville Eddy High School, at 100% (11) and Axtell High School at 91% (10). The highest percentage of students in workforce programs attending McLennan in the fall of 2014 were from Connally High School at 39% (11). There were a total of 3,258 courses taken by local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2014, 70% of which (2,293 courses) received an A, B, C, or credit, 18% (600 courses) received a D, F, or no credit, and 11% (365 courses) withdrew from classes. Of the total courses taken by high school graduates in 2014 (not just local high schools) attending McLennan in the fall of 2014, 68% (3,780 courses) received an A, B, C, or credit, 17% (896 courses) received a D, F, or no credit, and 11% (565 courses) withdrew from classes. The campus-wide pass rate for fall 2014 was 70% (20,083 courses) and the campus-wide attrition rate was 15% (4,372 courses). Riesel High School had the highest pass rate with 91% with Bruceville Eddy High School (83%) and Lorena High School (80%) following. Of the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2014, 37% (245) enrolled in at one or more developmental courses. This rate is lower than the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2013 (43%) and lower than 2012 (41%). Developmental math courses were enrolled in by 70% (172) of local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2014, followed by developmental reading/writing courses at 56% (138). Local high graduates took attempted an average of 12.7hours, and completed an average of 9.5 hours. Of those that completed, the average term GPA was 2.9. Axtell had the highest average attempted hours (13.9) followed by McGregor (13.6). Riesel had the highest average completed hours (12.6) followed by West (11.0). Riesel graduates ended the term with an average GPA of 3.6, followed by Axtell and Lorena with 3.2. Of the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2014, 85% (628) returned in for the spring 2015 semester. Riesel had the highest fall to spring retention rate (100%), followed by La Vega (92%), and McGregor (92%). Of the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2014, 62% (452) returned in for the fall 2015 semester. Lorena had the highest fall to fall retention rate (74%), followed by Axtell and Riesel (73%). Overall, the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2014 were very similar to graduates in previous years. When analyzing the data, there were very few changes from previous years. Please see the individual tables below for more information and do not hesitate to contact the Office of Institutional Research if you have any questions. Data Background This report contains descriptive information for local public high school 2014 graduates enrolled at McLennan Community College, both in credit and developmental courses, during the fall 2014 semester. In most cases, the number of high school graduates was obtained from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Web site at http://www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive/HSCollLink.cfm, and the Texas Education Agency Web site at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/adhocrpt/. Please note that the data reflect all graduates for the 2014 year, including summer 2014 graduates. The results from this report will be used by MCC to help identify the needs of our local students and are provided to local public high schools as well. The following topics are included in this report: Enrollment Grade performance Gender Pass rates Ethnicity Developmental courses Course load Developmental courses by subject Program Persistence from fall to fall semester Comparisons across schools should be made with caution because of the substantial differences in the number of graduates attending MCC. It is also useful to examine changes across years for a given school. For many of the analyses, the data from the previous graduating year(s) are included. (Note: Percentages have been rounded to the nearest integer.) Table 1. Enrolled at MCC During the Fall 2014 Semester % MCC in Fall of 2014 Attending MCC in 2014 Graduates* 2014** Graduates Fall 2013 Axtell High School 46 11 23.9% 28.3% Bosqueville High School 51 14 27.4% 39.5% Bruceville Eddy High School 54 11 20.3% 15.3% China Spring High School 196 61 31.1% 26.3% Connally High School 103 28 27.1% 32.4% Crawford High School 53 17 32.0% 32.6% La Vega High School 149 37 24.8% 29.9% Lorena High School 130 41 31.5% 33.0% Mart High School 30 8 26.6% 25.0% McGregor High School 89 12 13.4% 39.7% Midway High School 538 128 23.7% 26.2% Moody High School 23 15 65.2% 23.2% Riesel High School 50 10 20.0% 25.0% Robinson High School 177 46 25.9% 28.5% University High School 323 105 32.5% 31.9% Waco High School 296 70 23.6% 26.1% West High School 104 43 41.3% 34.1% Total 2,439 657 26.9% 28.8% * Number of graduates were obtained from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Website ** Students had to enroll in at least one course to be included in the pool of students attending MCC. Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Table 2. Fall 2014 Semester Gender Comparison Female Male Total # % # % # % Axtell High School 5 45.4% 6 54.5% 11 100.0% Bosqueville High School 12 85.7% 2 14.2% 14 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 7 63.6% 4 36.3% 11 100.0% China Spring High School 39 63.9% 22 36.0% 61 100.0% Connally High School 16 57.1% 12 42.8% 28 100.0% Crawford High School 9 52.9% 8 47.0% 17 100.0% La Vega High School 29 78.3% 8 21.6% 37 100.0% Lorena High School 24 58.5% 17 41.4% 41 100.0% Mart High School 6 75.0% 2 25.0% 8 100.0% McGregor High School 8 66.6% 4 33.3% 12 100.0% Midway High School 78 60.9% 50 39.0% 128 100.0% Moody High School 11 73.3% 4 26.6% 15 100.0% Riesel High School 4 40.0% 6 60.0% 10 100.0% Robinson High School 37 80.4% 9 19.5% 46 100.0% University High School 66 62.8% 39 37.1% 105 100.0% Waco High School 37 52.8% 33 47.1% 70 100.0% West High School 29 67.4% 14 32.5% 43 100.0% Total 417 63.4% 240 36.5% 657 100.0% Female Male Total # % # % # % All 2014 Non-McLennan County Graduates 209 56.7% 159 43.2% 368 100.0% Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Table 3. Fall 2014 Semester Ethnicity Comparison African-American