2016-17
COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT
RATES FOR
DPS
GRADUATES
College enrollment data is
received from the National
Student Clearinghouse,
which captures data from
over 98% of all colleges and
universities nationally.

 College
Enrollment

THE COLLEGE ENROLLMENT RATE FOR THE
CLASS OF 2017 INCREASED 5 PERCENTAGE
POINTS COMPARED TO THE CLASS OF 2016.
College Enrollment First Fall Semester After Graduation
100%
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College enrollment rate is defined as the percent of DPS graduates who
enroll in any type of college the first fall following high school graduation,
for the Class of 2017 their first fall was Fall 2017.

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N = Number of graduates from the class of 2017 who enrolled in college. Data obtained from the National Student Clearinghouse.
EGTC and Pickens do not report to NSC and therefore, are not included here.

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 College
Enrollment

COLLEGE ENROLLMENT RATES INCREASED BY 9
PERCENTAGE POINTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN
GRADUATES AND 6 PERCENTAGE POINTS FOR
The
College Enrollment
Rate for Asian graduates decreased by 4%.
HISPANIC
GRADUATES.
First Fall Enrollment Rates by Race and Ethnicity

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38%

Asian (N=118)
White (N=571)
American Indan or Alaska Native
(N=11)
Two or more races (N=94)
Black or African American
(N=372)
Native Hawaiian or Pacific
Islander (N=4)
Hispanic or Latino (N=1041)

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N = Number of graduates from the class of 2017 who enrolled in college. Student group counts will not equal district counts
due to student level records that are suppressed by NSC for student privacy.

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 College
Enrollment

COLLEGE ENROLLMENT RATES FOR FRL
GRADUATES ARE LOWER THAN FOR PEERS WHO
ARE
NOT
ELIGIBLE
FRL.
The gap
between
FRL andFOR
Non-FRL
was reduced by half in
2017.

80%
70%
Not Eligible for Free or
54% Reduced Lunch (N=1927)
45% Eligible for Free or Reduced
Lunch (N=2597)

Free or Reduced
Lunch

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50%

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40%
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2016

2017

N = Number of graduates from the class of 2017 who enrolled in college. Student group counts will not equal district counts
due to student level records that are suppressed by NSC for student privacy.

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2013

N=443
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N=8
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ACROSS NETWORKS, HIGH SCHOOL 1 HAD THE
HIGHEST AVERAGE COLLEGE ENROLLMENT RATE
AND THE LARGEST NUMBER OF GRADUATES
ENROLLING IN COLLEGE FROM THE CLASS OF
Class of 2017 College Enrollment Rate
2017.
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