Report 2017.0866 Performance Report on 2015 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 2015 Semester .................................................................... 5 Table 2. Fall 2015 Semester Gender Comparison ................................................................................ 6 Table 3. Fall 2015 Semester Ethnicity Comparison .............................................................................. 7 Table 4. Fall 2015 Semester Course Load Comparison ....................................................................... 8 Table 5. Fall 2015 Semester Program Comparison .............................................................................. 9 Table 6. Fall 2015 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 2015 Average Attempted Hours, Completed Hours and Term GPA............................. 14 Table 11. Fall 2015 to Fall 2016 Retention ......................................................................................... 15 Executive Summary Of the 2,462 local high school graduates in 2015, 29.6% (729) attended McLennan Community College (McLennan) in the fall 2015 semester. Axtell High School and West High School had the highest percentage of graduates (43.1%) and Midway High School had the highest number of graduates (140) attending MCC during the fall 2015 semester. In terms of demographics, 61% (443) of all local high school graduates attending McLennan in the fall 2015 semester were female, which was representative of 2015 high school graduates. White students made up 46% (334) of students in the fall 2015 semester, while 48% (351) were minority. The largest minority groups were Hispanic at 37% (271) followed by African-American at 11% (80). In terms of course load, 77% (561) of students attending McLennan in the fall 2015 semester enrolled in 12 or more semester hours (full-time). Lorena High School had 94% of 2015 graduates attending full time, followed by Bruceville Eddy High School at 91%. The school with the highest percentage of part-time students was Crawford High School with 46%, followed by Moody High School with 43%. Academic (transfer) programs were most popular with the 2015 local high school graduates, with 87% (637) of students attending MCC in the fall 2015 semester enrolled. The local high schools with the highest percentage of students attending MCC in the fall 2015 semester in academic programs were Bruceville Eddy High School, at 100% (11) and China Spring High School at 98% (47). The highest percentage of students in workforce programs attending McLennan in the fall of 2015 was from Mart High School at 25% (2) There were a total of 3,704 courses taken by local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2015, 73% of which (2,693 courses) received an A, B, C, or credit, 20% (733 courses) received a D, F, or no credit, and 8% (278 courses) withdrew from classes. Of the total courses taken by high school graduates in 2015 (not just local high schools) attending McLennan in the fall of 2015, 73% (4,267 courses) received an A, B, C, or credit, 18% (1,039 courses) received a D, F, or no credit, and 9% (519 courses) withdrew from classes. The campus-wide pass rate for fall 2015 was 72% (20,481 courses) and the campus-wide attrition rate was 12% (3,434 courses). The pass rate for 2015 local high school graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2015 was 73% and for 2014 it was 70%. West High School had the highest pass rate with 91% with Moody High School (85%) following. Of the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2015, 54% (394) enrolled in at one or more developmental courses. Developmental math courses were enrolled in by 73% (287) of local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2015, followed by developmental reading/writing courses at 63% (248). Local high graduates took attempted an average of 12.6 hours, and completed an average of 9.9 hours. Of those that completed, the average term GPA was 3.0. Lorena had the highest average attempted hours (14.2) followed by West (13.5). West had the highest average completed hours (12.5) followed by Lorena (12.3). Of the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2015, 86% (716) returned in for the spring 2016 semester. Axtell had the highest fall to spring retention rate (100%), followed by University (91%). Of the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2015, 67% (558) returned in for the fall 2016 semester. Axtell had the highest fall to fall retention rate (86%), followed by Bosqueville (82%). Overall, the local high graduates attending McLennan in the fall of 2015 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 2015 graduates enrolled at McLennan Community College, both in credit and developmental courses, during the fall 2015 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 2015 year, including summer 2015 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 2015 Semester % MCC in Fall of 2015 Attending MCC in 2015 Graduates* 2015** Graduates Fall 2014 Axtell High School 44 19 43.1% 23.9% Bosqueville High School 44 15 34.0% 27.4% Bruceville Eddy High School 52 11 21.1% 20.3% China Spring High School 131 48 36.6% 31.1% Connally High School 128 36 28.1% 27.1% Crawford High School 43 13 30.2% 32.0% La Vega High School 151 41 27.1% 24.8% Lorena High School 132 49 37.1% 31.5% Mart High School 44 8 18.1% 26.6% McGregor High School 82 28 34.1% 13.4% Midway High School 502 140 27.8% 23.7% Moody High School 49 14 28.5% 65.2% Riesel High School 52 14 26.9% 20.0% Robinson High School 187 47 25.1% 25.9% University High School 359 117 32.5% 32.5% Waco High School 315 79 25.0% 23.6% West High School 116 50 43.1% 41.3% Total 2,462 729 29.6% 26.9% * 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 2015 Semester Gender Comparison Female Male Total # % # % # % Axtell High School 12 63.1% 7 36.8% 19 100.0% Bosqueville High School 12 80.0% 3 20.0% 15 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 7 63.6% 4 36.3% 11 100.0% China Spring High School 26 54.1% 22 45.8% 48 100.0% Connally High School 25 69.4% 11 30.5% 36 100.0% Crawford High School 10 76.9% 3 23.0% 13 100.0% La Vega High School 28 68.2% 13 31.7% 41 100.0% Lorena High School 26 53.0% 23 46.9% 49 100.0% Mart High School 7 87.5% 1 12.5% 8 100.0% McGregor High School 16 57.1% 12 42.8% 28 100.0% Midway High School 84 60.0% 56 40.0% 140 100.0% Moody High School 10 71.4% 4 28.5% 14 100.0% Riesel High School 6 42.8% 8 57.1% 14 100.0% Robinson High School 15 31.9% 32 68.0% 47 100.0% University High School 68 58.1% 49 41.8% 117 100.0% Waco High School 57 72.1% 22 27.8% 79 100.0% West High School 34 68.0% 16 32.0% 50 100.0% Total 443 60.7% 286 39.2% 729 100.0% Female Male Total # % # % # % All 2015 Non-McLennan County Graduates 252 64.6% 138 35.3% 390 100.0% Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Table 3. Fall 2015 Semester Ethnicity Comparison African-American Hispanic White Other* Total # % # % # % # % # % Axtell High School 0 0.0% 3 15.7% 16 84.2% 0 0.0% 19 100.0% Bosqueville High School