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 had the highest percentage of graduates (43.1%) and 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). 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 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 at 98% (47). The highest percentage of students in workforce programs attending McLennan in the fall of 2015 was from 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 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% 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% 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% 52 14 26.9% 20.0% Robinson High School 187 47 25.1% 25.9% University High School 359 117 32.5% 32.5% 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 1 6.6% 4 26.6% 10 66.6% 0 0.0% 15 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 0 0.0% 4 36.3% 5 45.4% 2 18.1% 11 100.0% China Spring High School 2 4.1% 10 20.8% 35 72.9% 1 2.0% 48 100.0% Connally High School 4 11.1% 13 36.1% 14 38.8% 5 13.8% 36 100.0% Crawford High School 0 0.0% 5 38.4% 7 53.8% 1 7.6% 13 100.0% La Vega High School 11 26.8% 26 63.4% 4 9.7% 0 0.0% 41 100.0% Lorena High School 0 0.0% 3 6.1% 46 93.8% 0 0.0% 49 100.0% Mart High School 0 0.0% 2 25.0% 5 62.5% 1 12.5% 8 100.0% McGregor High School 1 3.5% 15 53.5% 11 39.2% 1 3.5% 28 100.0% Midway High School 15 10.7% 36 25.7% 71 50.7% 18 12.8% 140 100.0% Moody High School 0 0.0% 1 7.1% 11 78.5% 2 14.2% 14 100.0% Riesel High School 1 7.1% 3 21.4% 9 64.2% 1 7.1% 14 100.0% Robinson High School 2 4.2% 11 23.4% 33 70.2% 1 2.1% 47 100.0% University High School 20 17.0% 91 77.7% 2 1.7% 4 3.4% 117 100.0% Waco High School 23 29.1% 39 49.3% 12 15.1% 5 6.3% 79 100.0% West High School 0 0.0% 5 10.0% 43 86.0% 2 4.0% 50 100.0% Total 80 10.9% 271 37.1% 334 45.8% 44 6.0% 729 100.0%

African-American Hispanic White Other* Total # % # % # % # % # % All 2015 Non-McLennan County Graduates 39 10.0% 112 28.7% 212 54.3% 27 6.9% 390 100.0%

*Other includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, International, Unknown/Not Reported, Multiracial Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Table 4. Fall 2015 Semester Course Load Comparison

Full Time Part Time (12 or more Semester (Less than 12 Semester Hours) Hours) Total # % # % # % Axtell High School 15 78.9% 4 21.0% 19 100.0% Bosqueville High School 12 80.0% 3 20.0% 15 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 10 90.9% 1 9.0% 11 100.0% China Spring High School 37 77.0% 11 22.9% 48 100.0% Connally High School 29 80.5% 7 19.4% 36 100.0% Crawford High School 7 53.8% 6 46.1% 13 100.0% La Vega High School 30 73.1% 11 26.8% 41 100.0% Lorena High School 46 93.8% 3 6.1% 49 100.0% Mart High School 6 75.0% 2 25.0% 8 100.0% McGregor High School 20 71.4% 8 28.5% 28 100.0% Midway High School 102 72.8% 38 27.1% 140 100.0% Moody High School 8 57.1% 6 42.8% 14 100.0% Riesel High School 11 78.5% 3 21.4% 14 100.0% Robinson High School 39 82.9% 8 17.0% 47 100.0% University High School 87 74.3% 30 25.6% 117 100.0% Waco High School 58 73.4% 21 26.5% 79 100.0% West High School 44 88.0% 6 12.0% 50 100.0% Total 561 76.9% 168 23.0% 729 100.0%

Full Time Part Time (12 or more Semester (Less than 12 Semester Hours) Hours) Total # % # % # % All 2015 Non-McLennan County Graduates 305 78.2% 85 21.7% 390 100.0%

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Status is defined by the state definition of full-time, which excludes flex classes Table 5. Fall 2015 Semester Program Comparison

Academic Workforce Total # % # % # % Axtell High School 15 78.9% 4 21.0% 19 100.0% Bosqueville High School 13 86.6% 2 13.3% 15 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 11 100.0% 0 0.0% 11 100.0% China Spring High School 47 97.9% 1 2.0% 48 100.0% Connally High School 30 83.3% 6 16.6% 36 100.0% Crawford High School 11 84.6% 2 15.3% 13 100.0% La Vega High School 36 87.8% 5 12.1% 41 100.0% Lorena High School 43 87.7% 6 12.2% 49 100.0% Mart High School 6 75.0% 2 25.0% 8 100.0% McGregor High School 26 92.8% 2 7.1% 28 100.0% Midway High School 121 86.4% 19 13.5% 140 100.0% Moody High School 13 92.8% 1 7.1% 14 100.0% Riesel High School 12 85.7% 2 14.2% 14 100.0% Robinson High School 41 87.2% 6 12.7% 47 100.0% University High School 98 83.7% 19 16.2% 117 100.0% Waco High School 68 86.0% 11 13.9% 79 100.0% West High School 46 92.0% 4 8.0% 50 100.0% Total 637 87.3% 92 12.6% 729 100.0%

Academic Workforce Total # % # % # % All 2015 Non-McLennan County Graduates 322 82.5% 68 17.4% 390 100.0%

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, CBM001 Table 6. Fall 2015 Grade Distribution* Comparison

A, B, C, or Credit D, F, or No Credit Withdrawal Total # % # % # % # % Axtell High School 88 80.0% 18 16.3% 4 3.6% 110 100.0% Bosqueville High School 59 79.7% 14 18.9% 1 1.3% 74 100.0% Bruceville Eddy High School 45 81.8% 9 16.3% 1 1.8% 55 100.0% China Spring High School 204 79.0% 39 15.1% 15 5.8% 258 100.0% Connally High School 139 76.7% 34 18.7% 8 4.4% 181 100.0% Crawford High School 52 82.5% 4 6.3% 7 11.1% 63 100.0% La Vega High School 143 70.7% 51 25.2% 8 3.9% 202 100.0% Lorena High School 211 84.4% 22 8.8% 17 6.8% 250 100.0% Mart High School 23 62.1% 7 18.9% 7 18.9% 37 100.0% McGregor High School 88 67.1% 32 24.4% 11 8.3% 131 100.0% Midway High School 483 70.0% 145 21.0% 62 8.9% 690 100.0% Moody High School 62 84.9% 4 5.4% 7 9.5% 73 100.0% Riesel High School 52 76.4% 6 8.8% 10 14.7% 68 100.0% Robinson High School 159 61.8% 73 28.4% 25 9.7% 257 100.0% University High School 409 68.7% 139 23.3% 47 7.8% 595 100.0% Waco High School 247 60.5% 122 29.9% 39 9.5% 408 100.0% West High School 229 90.8% 14 5.5% 9 3.5% 252 100.0% Total 2,693 72.7% 733 19.7% 278 7.5% 3,704 100.0%

A, B, C, or Credit D, F, or No Credit Withdrawal Total # % # % # % # % All 2015 Non-McLennan County Graduates 1,574 74.2% 306 14.4% 241 11.3% 2,121 100.0%

*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 2015 Fall 2014 Fall 2013 Axtell High School 80.0% 70.4% 84.6% Bosqueville High School 79.7% 74.0% 71.4% Bruceville Eddy High School 81.8% 82.3% 86.9% China Spring High School 79.0% 74.6% 76.2% Connally High School 76.7% 60.7% 69.5% Crawford High School 82.5% 74.0% 62.5% La Vega High School 70.7% 74.8% 57.5% Lorena High School 84.4% 80.1% 82.9% Mart High School 62.1% 41.4% 61.1% McGregor High School 67.1% 76.8% 64.7% Midway High School 70.0% 67.8% 66.7% Moody High School 84.9% 64.7% 75.0% Riesel High School 76.4% 91.2% 70.6% Robinson High School 61.8% 72.0% 71.3% University High School 68.7% 67.4% 56.8% Waco High School 60.5% 63.0% 70.6% West High School 90.8% 76.2% 81.8% Total 72.7% 70.3% 68.8%

Fall 2015 Fall 2014 Fall 2013 All 2015 Non-McLennan County 73.2% 72.1% 71.2% Graduates

*Ranked by % Passing Grades (A, B, C, or Credit) Source: Estudias Data Warehouse Table 8. Enrollment in Developmental Courses*

2015 Graduates Total 2015 2015 Graduates in 2014 Graduates in Enrolled in One or Graduates Enrolled Dev Courses Fall Dev Courses Fall More Dev Course in Fall 2015 2015 2014 Axtell High School 12 19 63.1% 18.1% Bosqueville High School 9 15 60.0% 28.5% Bruceville Eddy High School 6 11 54.5% 9.0% China Spring High School 27 48 56.2% 36.0% Connally High School 21 36 58.3% 50.0% Crawford High School 7 13 53.8% 5.8% La Vega High School 26 41 63.4% 37.8% Lorena High School 15 49 30.6% 26.8% Mart High School 4 8 50.0% 37.5% McGregor High School 17 28 60.7% 66.6% Midway High School 79 140 56.4% 36.7% Moody High School 2 14 14.2% 33.3% Riesel High School 5 14 35.7% 10.0% Robinson High School 19 47 40.4% 21.7% University High School 73 117 62.3% 52.3% Waco High School 62 79 78.4% 57.1% West High School 10 50 20.0% 16.2% Total 394 729 54.0% 37.2%

2015 Graduates All 2015 2015 Graduates in 2014 Graduates in Enrolled in One or Non-McLennan Dev Courses Fall Dev Courses Fall More Dev Course County Graduates 2015 2014 All 2015 Non-McLennan County 565 1119 50.4% 36.6% Graduates

*Ranked by Percent of Graduates Enrolled in Developmental Courses 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 12 8 66.6% 5 41.6% Bosqueville High School 9 8 88.8% 7 77.7% Bruceville Eddy High School 6 6 100.0% 2 33.3% China Spring High School 27 20 74.0% 15 55.5% Connally High School 21 16 76.1% 14 66.6% Crawford High School 7 5 71.4% 5 71.4% La Vega High School 26 21 80.7% 20 76.9% Lorena High School 15 5 33.3% 10 66.6% Mart High School 4 2 50.0% 2 50.0% McGregor High School 17 9 52.9% 8 47.0% Midway High School 79 53 67.0% 47 59.4% Moody High School 2 2 100.0% 0 0 Riesel High School 5 2 40.0% 4 80.0% Robinson High School 19 14 73.6% 12 63.1% University High School 73 59 80.8% 42 57.5% Waco High School 62 51 82.2% 46 74.1% West High School 10 6 60.0% 9 90.0% Total 394 287 72.8% 248 62.9%

Enrolled in One or More Reading Math Developmental Writing Courses # # % # % All 2015 Non-McLennan County 161 124 77.0% 97 60.2% Graduates

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse Table 10. Fall 2015 Average Attempted Hours, Completed Hours, and Term GPA

Average Average Attempted Completed Hours Hours Average GPA Axtell High School 12.9 10.5 2.9 Bosqueville High School 12.5 10.5 2.8 Bruceville Eddy High School 13.0 11.2 3.3 China Spring High School 12.8 10.8 3.0 Connally High School 12.8 10.1 3.0 Crawford High School 10.9 9.5 3.0 La Vega High School 12.4 10.0 2.8 Lorena High School 14.2 12.3 3.2 Mart High School 13.1 8.6 2.4 McGregor High School 12.1 8.9 2.7 Midway High School 12.4 9.5 3.0 Moody High School 12.1 10.5 3.6 Riesel High School 12.1 9.4 3.3 Robinson High School 13.0 8.9 2.9 University High School 12.2 8.9 2.9 Waco High School 12.4 8.7 2.9 West High School 13.5 12.5 3.5 Total 12.6 9.9 3.0

Average Average Attempted Completed Hours Hours Average GPA All 2015 Non-McLennan County Graduates 13.0 10.2 2.9

Source: Estudias Data Warehouse One Year Retention of 2015 High School Graduates

Fall 2015 Spring 2016 Fall 2016

Enrolled Enrolled Gone Graduated Enrolled Gone Graduated

Cohort Less Grads & Return N N PctN N PctN N PctN N PctN N PctN N PctN Trans Rate

Axtell High School 26 26 100.0 0 0 0 0 23 88.5 3 11.5 0 0 26 88.5

Bosqueville High School 17 14 82.4 3 17.6 0 0 14 82.4 3 17.6 0 0 17 82.4

Bruceville Eddy High School 11 9 81.8 1 9.1 1 9.1 4 36.4 6 54.5 1 9.1 10 40.0

China Spring High School 58 46 79.3 8 13.8 4 6.9 40 69.0 14 24.1 4 6.9 54 74.1

Connally High School 39 33 84.6 6 15.4 0 0 25 64.1 14 35.9 0 0 39 64.1

Crawford High School 16 12 75.0 2 12.5 2 12.5 9 56.3 5 31.3 2 12.5 14 64.3

La Vega High School 47 42 89.4 5 10.6 0 0 32 68.1 14 29.8 1 2.1 46 69.6

Lorena High School 54 48 88.9 4 7.4 2 3.7 37 68.5 15 27.8 2 3.7 52 71.2

Mart High School 8 5 62.5 3 37.5 0 0 5 62.5 3 37.5 0 0 8 62.5

McGregor High School 31 28 90.3 3 9.7 0 0 20 64.5 11 35.5 0 0 31 64.5

Midway High School 158 139 88.0 18 11.4 1 0.6 106 67.1 51 32.3 1 0.6 157 67.5

Moody High School 18 13 72.2 1 5.6 4 22.2 11 61.1 2 11.1 5 27.8 13 84.6

Riesel High School 15 11 73.3 4 26.7 0 0 11 73.3 4 26.7 0 0 15 73.3

Robinson High School 49 43 87.8 6 12.2 0 0 31 63.3 18 36.7 0 0 49 63.3

University High School 135 123 91.1 12 8.9 0 0 91 67.4 44 32.6 0 0 135 67.4

Waco High School 94 85 90.4 8 8.5 1 1.1 63 67.0 30 31.9 1 1.1 93 67.7

West High School 58 39 67.2 6 10.3 13 22.4 36 62.1 9 15.5 13 22.4 45 80.0

Total 834 716 85.9 90 10.8 28 3.4 558 66.9 246 29.5 30 3.6 804 69.4

Fall 2015 Enrolled = Number of 2015 high school graduates enrolled in respective term at McLennan Within the Spring and Fall 2016 groupings are the following columns: --Enrolled = Number enrolled in respective Term. --Gone = Number not enrolled, transferred or graduated as of respective term. --Graduated = Number of students that were graduated as of respective term. Source: Estudias Data Warehouse, National Student Clearinghouse