Report 2017.0877

Performance Report on 2016 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 2016 Semester ...... 5 Table 2. Fall 2016 Semester Gender Comparison ...... 6 Table 3. Fall 2016 Semester Ethnicity Comparison ...... 7 Table 4. Fall 2016 Semester Course Load Comparison ...... 8 Table 5. Fall 2016 Semester Program Comparison ...... 9 Table 6. Fall 2016 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 2016 Average Attempted Hours, Completed Hours and Term GPA...... 14 Table 11. Fall 2016 to Fall 2017 Retention ...... 15

Executive Summary Of the 2,406 local high school graduates in 2016, 31.4% (756) attended McLennan Community College (McLennan) in the fall 2016 semester. had the highest percentage of graduates (57.5%) and had the highest number of graduates (166) attending MCC during the fall 2016 semester.

In terms of demographics, 62.5% (473) of all local high school graduates attending McLennan in the fall 2016 semester were female, which was representative of 2016 high school graduates. White students made up 46% (349) of students in the fall 2016 semester, while 48% (362) were minority. The largest minority groups were Hispanic at 36% (275) followed by African-American at 12% (87).

In terms of course load, 81% (609) of students attending McLennan in the fall 2016 semester enrolled in 12 or more semester hours (full-time). Bruceville-Eddy High School had 95% of 2016 graduates attending full time, followed by at 90%. The school with the highest percentage of part-time students was with 31%, followed by Bosqueville High School with 26%.

Academic (transfer) programs were most popular with the 2016 local high school graduates, with 86% (647) of students attending MCC in the fall 2016 semester enrolled. The local high schools with the highest percentage of students attending MCC in the fall 2016 semester in academic programs were Bosqueville High School, Crawford High School and , all at 100% (59) and McGregor High School at 97% (28). The highest percentage of students in workforce programs attending McLennan in the fall of 2016 was from at 24% (22)

There were a total of 3,838 courses taken by local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2016, 68% of which (2,592 courses) received an A, B, C, or credit, 21% (805 courses) received a D, F, or no credit, and 11% (441 courses) withdrew from classes. Of the total courses taken by high school graduates in 2016 (not just local high schools) attending McLennan in the fall of 2016, 69% (4,121 courses) received an A, B, C, or credit, 20% (1,166 courses) received a D, F, or no credit, and 11% (680 courses) withdrew from classes. The campus-wide pass rate for fall 2016 was 72% (20,771 courses) and the campus-wide attrition rate was 13% (3,725 courses). The pass rate for 2016 local high school graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2016 was 68% and for 2015 it was 73%. Riesel High School had the highest pass rate with 84%, with (82%) following.

Of the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2016, 54% (411) enrolled in at one or more developmental courses. Developmental math courses were enrolled in by 734% (303) of local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2016, followed by developmental reading/writing courses at 60% (246).

Local high graduates took attempted an average of 12.7 hours, and completed an average of 9.3 hours. Of those that completed, the average term GPA was 2.8. Bruceville-Eddy had the highest average attempted hours (13.4) followed by Crawford and West (13.3). Riesel had the highest average completed hours (11.8) followed by Crawford (11.5).

Overall, the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2016 were similar in comparison 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 2016 graduates enrolled at McLennan Community College, both in credit and developmental courses, during the fall 2016 semester. In most cases, the number of high school graduates was obtained from the Higher Education Coordinating Board Web site at http://www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive/HSCollLink.cfm, and the Web site at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/adhocrpt/. Please note that the data reflect all graduates for the 2016 year, including summer 2016 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 2016 Semester

% MCC in Fall of 2016 Attending MCC in 2016 Graduates* 2016** Graduates Fall 2015 Axtell High School 47 18 38.2% 43.1% Bosqueville High School 40 23 57.5% 34.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 53 19 35.8% 21.1% 159 50 31.4% 36.6% Connally High School 118 32 27.1% 28.1% Crawford High School 49 19 38.7% 30.2% 120 38 31.6% 27.1% Lorena High School 115 36 31.3% 37.1% 43 16 37.2% 18.1% McGregor High School 74 29 39.1% 34.1% Midway High School 546 166 30.4% 27.8% Moody High School 41 13 31.7% 28.5% Riesel High School 38 17 44.7% 26.9% Robinson High School 184 62 33.6% 25.1% University High School 359 87 24.2% 32.5% Waco High School 315 90 28.5% 25.0% West High School 86 41 47.6% 43.1% Total 2,406 756 31.4% 29.6%

* 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 2016 Semester Gender Comparison

Female Male Total # % # % # % Axtell High School 14 77.7% 4 22.2% 18 100.0% Bosqueville High School 13 56.5% 10 43.4% 23 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 14 73.6% 5 26.3% 19 100.0% China Spring High School 30 60.0% 20 40.0% 50 100.0% Connally High School 17 53.1% 15 46.8% 32 100.0% Crawford High School 12 63.1% 7 36.8% 19 100.0% La Vega High School 29 76.3% 9 23.6% 38 100.0% Lorena High School 16 44.4% 20 55.5% 36 100.0% Mart High School 14 87.5% 2 12.5% 16 100.0% McGregor High School 21 72.4% 8 27.5% 29 100.0% Midway High School 84 50.6% 82 49.3% 166 100.0% Moody High School 8 61.5% 5 38.4% 13 100.0% Riesel High School 11 64.7% 6 35.2% 17 100.0% Robinson High School 39 62.9% 23 37.0% 62 100.0% University High School 59 67.8% 28 32.1% 87 100.0% Waco High School 67 74.4% 23 25.5% 90 100.0% West High School 25 60.9% 16 39.0% 41 100.0% Total 473 62.5% 283 37.4% 756 100.0%

Female Male Total # % # % # % All 2016 Non-McLennan County Graduates 252 63.6% 144 36.3% 396 100.0%

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Table 3. Fall 2016 Semester Ethnicity Comparison

African-American Hispanic White Other* Total # % # % # % # % # % Axtell High School 1 5.5% 2 11.1% 12 66.6% 3 16.6% 18 100.0% Bosqueville High School 4 17.3% 3 13.0% 16 69.5% 0 0.0% 23 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 0 0.0% 4 21.0% 15 78.9% 0 0.0% 19 100.0% China Spring High School 1 2.0% 8 16.0% 36 72.0% 5 10.0% 50 100.0% Connally High School 9 28.1% 13 40.6% 8 25.0% 2 6.2% 32 100.0% Crawford High School 0 0.0% 3 15.7% 16 84.2% 0 0.0% 19 100.0% La Vega High School 6 15.7% 28 73.6% 3 7.8% 1 2.6% 38 100.0% Lorena High School 0 0.0% 2 5.5% 31 86.1% 3 8.3% 36 100.0% Mart High School 3 18.7% 3 18.7% 10 62.5% 0 0.0% 16 100.0% McGregor High School 0 0.0% 14 48.2% 15 51.7% 0 0.0% 29 100.0% Midway High School 20 12.0% 53 31.9% 71 42.7% 22 13.2% 166 100.0% Moody High School 1 7.6% 3 23.0% 8 61.5% 1 7.6% 13 100.0% Riesel High School 0 0.0% 2 11.7% 14 82.3% 1 5.8% 17 100.0% Robinson High School 4 6.4% 12 19.3% 46 74.1% 0 0.0% 62 100.0% University High School 11 12.6% 67 77.0% 7 8.0% 2 2.2% 87 100.0% Waco High School 26 28.8% 50 55.5% 11 12.2% 3 3.3% 90 100.0% West High School 1 2.4% 8 19.5% 30 73.1% 2 4.8% 41 100.0% Total 87 11.5% 275 36.3% 349 46.1% 45 5.9% 756 100.0%

African-American Hispanic White Other* Total # % # % # % # % # % All 2016 Non-McLennan County Graduates 46 11.6% 123 31.0% 205 51.7% 22 5.5% 396 100.0%

*Other includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, International, Unknown/Not Reported, Multiracial Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Table 4. Fall 2016 Semester Course Load Comparison

Full Time Part Time (12 or more Semester (Less than 12 Semester Hours) Hours) Total # % # % # % Axtell High School 14 77.7% 4 22.2% 18 100.0% Bosqueville High School 17 73.9% 6 26.0% 23 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 18 94.7% 1 5.2% 19 100.0% China Spring High School 44 88.0% 6 12.0% 50 100.0% Connally High School 25 78.1% 7 21.8% 32 100.0% Crawford High School 16 84.2% 3 15.7% 19 100.0% La Vega High School 31 81.5% 7 18.4% 38 100.0% Lorena High School 28 77.7% 8 22.2% 36 100.0% Mart High School 13 81.2% 3 18.7% 16 100.0% McGregor High School 24 82.7% 5 17.2% 29 100.0% Midway High School 133 80.1% 33 19.8% 166 100.0% Moody High School 9 69.2% 4 30.7% 13 100.0% Riesel High School 13 76.4% 4 23.5% 17 100.0% Robinson High School 47 75.8% 15 24.1% 62 100.0% University High School 69 79.3% 18 20.6% 87 100.0% Waco High School 71 78.8% 19 21.1% 90 100.0% West High School 37 90.2% 4 9.7% 41 100.0% Total 609 80.5% 147 19.4% 756 100.0%

Full Time Part Time (12 or more Semester (Less than 12 Semester Hours) Hours) Total # % # % # % All 2016 Non-McLennan County Graduates 306 77.2% 90 22.7% 396 100.0%

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Status is defined by the state definition of full-time, which excludes flex classes Table 5. Fall 2016 Semester Program Comparison

Academic Workforce Total # % # % # % Axtell High School 16 88.8% 2 11.1% 18 100.0% Bosqueville High School 23 100.0% 0 0.0% 23 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 17 89.4% 2 10.5% 19 100.0% China Spring High School 40 80.0% 10 20.0% 50 100.0% Connally High School 25 78.1% 7 21.8% 32 100.0% Crawford High School 19 100.0% 0 0.0% 19 100.0% La Vega High School 29 76.3% 9 23.6% 38 100.0% Lorena High School 32 88.8% 4 11.1% 36 100.0% Mart High School 15 93.7% 1 6.2% 16 100.0% McGregor High School 28 96.5% 1 3.4% 29 100.0% Midway High School 145 87.3% 21 12.6% 166 100.0% Moody High School 10 76.9% 3 23.0% 13 100.0% Riesel High School 17 100.0% 0 0.0% 17 100.0% Robinson High School 50 80.6% 12 19.3% 62 100.0% University High School 78 89.6% 9 10.3% 87 100.0% Waco High School 68 75.5% 22 24.4% 90 100.0% West High School 35 85.3% 6 14.6% 41 100.0% Total 647 85.5% 109 14.4% 756 100.0%

Academic Workforce Total # % # % # % All 2016 Non-McLennan County Graduates 328 82.8% 68 17.1% 396 100.0%

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Table 6. Fall 2016 Grade Distribution* Comparison

A, B, C, or Credit D, F, or No Credit Withdrawal Total # % # % # % # % Axtell High School 64 70.3% 17 18.6% 10 10.9% 91 100.0% Bosqueville High School 88 80.7% 15 13.7% 6 5.5% 109 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 65 67.7% 14 14.5% 17 17.7% 96 100.0% China Spring High School 186 68.6% 51 18.8% 34 12.5% 271 100.0% Connally High School 105 61.7% 49 28.8% 16 9.4% 170 100.0% Crawford High School 74 76.2% 16 16.4% 7 7.2% 97 100.0% La Vega High School 114 64.0% 47 26.4% 17 9.5% 178 100.0% Lorena High School 146 82.4% 28 15.8% 3 1.6% 177 100.0% Mart High School 39 54.1% 21 29.1% 12 16.6% 72 100.0% McGregor High School 103 71.0% 27 18.6% 15 10.3% 145 100.0% Midway High School 551 63.7% 167 19.3% 146 16.8% 864 100.0% Moody High School 35 53.8% 22 33.8% 8 12.3% 65 100.0% Riesel High School 77 83.6% 9 9.7% 6 6.5% 92 100.0% Robinson High School 229 72.6% 49 15.5% 37 11.7% 315 100.0% University High School 269 61.4% 116 26.4% 53 12.1% 438 100.0% Waco High School 281 62.3% 129 28.6% 41 9.0% 451 100.0% West High School 166 80.1% 28 13.5% 13 6.2% 207 100.0% Total 2,592 67.5% 805 20.9% 441 11.4% 3,838 100.0%

A, B, C, or Credit D, F, or No Credit Withdrawal Total # % # % # % # % All 2016 Non-McLennan County Graduates 1,529 71.8% 361 16.9% 239 11.2% 2,129 100.0%

*Grades for each course taken by a students are included Example: If at student takes 4 classes and makes an A, B, D and withdraws from one they would be counted 2 times in column 1, 1 time in column 2 and 1 time in column 3. Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Table 7. Pass Rate Comparisons*

Fall 2016 Fall 2015 Fall 2014 Axtell High School 70.3% 80.0% 70.4% Bosqueville High School 80.7% 79.7% 74.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 67.7% 81.8% 82.3% China Spring High School 68.6% 79.0% 74.6% Connally High School 61.7% 76.7% 60.7% Crawford High School 76.2% 82.5% 74.0% La Vega High School 64.0% 70.7% 74.8% Lorena High School 82.4% 84.4% 80.1% Mart High School 54.1% 62.1% 41.4% McGregor High School 71.0% 67.1% 76.8% Midway High School 63.7% 70.0% 67.8% Moody High School 53.8% 84.9% 64.7% Riesel High School 83.6% 76.4% 91.2% Robinson High School 72.6% 61.8% 72.0% University High School 61.4% 68.7% 67.4% Waco High School 62.3% 60.5% 63.0% West High School 80.1% 90.8% 76.2% Total 67.5% 72.7% 70.3%

Fall 2016 Fall 2015 Fall 2014 All 2016 Non-McLennan County 69.0% 73.2% 72.1% Graduates

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse Table 8. Enrollment in Developmental Courses*

2016 Graduates Total 2016 2016 Graduates in 2015 Graduates in Enrolled in One or Graduates Enrolled Dev Courses Fall Dev Courses Fall More Dev Course in Fall 2016 2016 2015 Axtell High School 11 18 61.1% 63.1% Bosqueville High School 5 23 21.7% 60.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 8 19 42.1% 54.5% China Spring High School 27 50 54.0% 56.2% Connally High School 26 32 81.2% 58.3% Crawford High School 8 19 42.1% 53.8% La Vega High School 26 38 68.4% 63.4% Lorena High School 13 36 36.1% 30.6% Mart High School 9 16 56.2% 50.0% McGregor High School 17 29 58.6% 60.7% Midway High School 80 166 48.1% 56.4% Moody High School 7 13 53.8% 14.2% Riesel High School 6 17 35.2% 35.7% Robinson High School 35 62 56.4% 40.4% University High School 60 87 68.9% 62.3% Waco High School 64 90 71.1% 78.4% West High School 9 41 21.9% 20.0% Total 411 756 54.3% 54.0%

2016 Graduates All 2016 2016 Graduates in 2015 Graduates in Enrolled in One or Non-McLennan Dev Courses Fall Dev Courses Fall More Dev Course County Graduates 2016 2015 All 2016 Non-McLennan County 619 1152 53.7% 50.4% Graduates

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse Table 9. Enrolled in One or More Developmental Courses by Subject

Enrolled in One or More Reading Math Developmental Writing Courses # # % # % Axtell High School 11 8 72.7% 4 36.3% Bosqueville High School 5 5 100.0% 2 40.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 8 8 100.0% 4 50.0% China Spring High School 27 16 59.2% 14 51.8% Connally High School 26 19 73.0% 19 73.0% Crawford High School 8 7 87.5% 5 62.5% La Vega High School 26 21 80.7% 18 69.2% Lorena High School 13 7 53.8% 6 46.1% Mart High School 9 4 44.4% 7 77.7% McGregor High School 17 7 41.1% 9 52.9% Midway High School 80 58 72.5% 44 55.0% Moody High School 7 5 71.4% 4 57.1% Riesel High School 6 5 83.3% 3 50.0% Robinson High School 35 25 71.4% 21 60.0% University High School 60 52 86.6% 34 56.6% Waco High School 64 52 81.2% 44 68.7% West High School 9 4 44.4% 8 88.8% Total 411 303 73.7% 246 59.8%

Enrolled in One or More Reading Math Developmental Writing Courses # # % # % All 2016 Non-McLennan County 196 163 83.1% 126 64.2% Graduates

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse Table 10. Fall 2016 Average Attempted Hours, Completed Hours, and Term GPA

Average Average Attempted Completed Hours Hours Average GPA Axtell High School 12.6 9.7 2.8 Bosqueville High School 12.2 10.3 3.0 Bruceville Eddy High School 13.4 9.4 3.2 China Spring High School 13.2 9.7 2.9 Connally High School 12.7 8.5 2.7 Crawford High School 13.3 11.5 2.9 La Vega High School 12.6 8.8 2.7 Lorena High School 12.4 10.9 3.0 Mart High School 12.0 7.6 2.8 McGregor High School 12.7 9.4 2.8 Midway High School 12.9 8.8 2.8 Moody High School 11.9 7.4 2.6 Riesel High School 12.6 11.8 3.0 Robinson High School 12.5 9.7 3.0 University High School 12.4 8.2 2.7 Waco High School 12.7 8.8 2.7 West High School 13.3 11.0 3.1 Total 12.7 9.3 2.8

Average Average Attempted Completed Hours Hours Average GPA All 2016 Non-McLennan County Graduates 12.9 9.9 2.9

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse Table 11. Fall 2016 to Fall 2017 Retention