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Postsecondary Success National Student Clearing House Data High School Graduates that enroll in postsecondary institutions. 4-year and 2-year postsecondary institutions, in-state and out-of-state. Does NOT include military, or students that directly enter the workforce. Beginning with the Graduating Class of 2010 Will follow the students for 8 years Will keep track of students even when they change institutions

However, this is the percent of students who GRADUATED from high school that went on to pursue post secondary schooling. To get the effective post secondary rate, we must subtract out those students who did not graduate from high school. Students who graduated and returned or graduated in year two: 54.3% Percent of students who did not graduate from high school in the Class of 2010: 14.0% Thus the effective post secondary rate is: 40.3% Remember…Kansas needs to have at least 70-75% of high school graduates to obtain post secondary credentials to fill the available jobs in our state The green area represents the percent of the graduating Class of 2010 in Kansas who went on to pursue post secondary education. Percent of students who started one year earlier in post secondary education and returned somewhere for a second year Percent of students who started one year earlier in post secondary education and have graduated (most likely a certificate or associate degree) Let’s focus on six years after high school graduation for the Class of 2010 Added together, 54.3% of students who started their post secondary career either graduated or came back in the second year. Progress of a single class of students through postsecondary education. Each segment of the bar chart corresponds to one of the following definitions: College, Retained, etc.) graduate, he or she is not counted again elsewhere in the report. A graduated record is reported before all other possible categories (e.g. New to GRADUATED: Student has completed an associate's, bachelor's or higher degree (certificates are not included). Once a student is counted as a NEW TO COLLEGE: First year that the student was found in the Clearinghouse database. enrollment at any postsecondary institution, not retention at the same institution. RETAINED: Student was enrolled during the previous year and continues to be enrolled in the current year. The graphs show the student's continued RETURNED AFTER STOP OUT: Student was enrolled, did not appear in postsecondary education the following year, and reappeared in a year thereafter. completion. NO LONGER ENROLLED & NOT GRADUATED: Student was enrolled in postsecondary education, but currently is not and there is no record of participate in the Clearinghouse and are not in the Clearinghouse database. NOT IN NSC TO DATE: Student was not found in the Clearinghouse database. (Note: Institutions that participate in the Clearinghouse represent more than 97% of the nation's two- and four- year postsecondary enrollment. Students who are enrolled in postsecondary institutions that do not participate in the Clearinghouse are not in the Clearinghouse database.

Starting with a class of 100 HS Freshmen In Kansas, ON AVERAGE……. 86 will graduate HS 56 will enroll in a 2-yr or 4-yr postsecondary institution 46 will complete 1 year of college and return the 2nd year, or have totally completed 30 will complete a postsecondary degree or credential in 5-years With 71% of all jobs in Kansas requiring some college or above, what are the 68 students not completing a credential 6 years after HS going to do???? This is why career education/exploration is so important for K-12, it’s the only way to close this large gap 5 minutes