EARLY COLLEGE GRADUATES ACHIEVE HIGHER COLLEGE-GOING RATES. THAN THEIR PEERS. Approximately 78 percent of early college
EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS GET RESULTS with students who have been underrepresented in higher education. • EARLY COLLEGE STUDENTS GRADUATE AT A HIGHER RATE. The median four-year graduation rate for early colleges in 2010-11 was 93 percent, compared to 76 percent for their school districts. • 93 PERCENT of early college graduates earned at least some college credits, indicating that they gained concrete knowledge about what it takes to succeed in postsecondary education (2010-11).
WHO DO EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOLS SERVE? Early college schools are committed to serving students underrepresented in higher education.
RACE AND ETHNICITY OF EARLY COLLEGE STUDENTS (2011)
• 56 PERCENT of graduates earned two or more years of college credit (2010-11).
Mixed/Other 1% Asian 5%
Native American 2%
• 24 PERCENT of graduates at early college schools open for four or more years earned an Associate’s degree or college certificate (2010-11). EARLY COLLEGE GRADUATES ACHIEVE HIGHER COLLEGE-GOING RATES THAN THEIR PEERS. Approximately 78 percent of early college graduates in 2010 went on to some form of postsecondary education in the fall of that year. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 69 percent of all high school graduates nationally enrolled in college immediately after high school in 2008, the most recent year available. Compared with national averages, a higher percentage of early college students are students of color and from lowincome families—which makes these college going rates even more striking.
White 21%
Black 29%
Latino 43% PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES ENROLLING IN COLLEGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL 100
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• 79 PERCENT of early college students are students of color.
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• NEARLY HALF of early college students will be the first in their immediate families to attend college.
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• 61 PERCENT of early college students are eligible for free or reduced lunch—a conservative estimate of the number of students from low-income families.
• 13 SCHOOLS serve Native-American youth and are located in the communities where native students live. Early College Schools
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National Average for Latinos
National Average for Blacks
National Average for Low-income Students
Note: Low-income students refers to the bottom 20 percent of all family incomes. Data for early college schools are for 2010-11, national averages are based on 2008 data, the most recent year available. Sources: Early College High School Initiative Student Information System, Jobs for the Future; U.S. Census Bureau; and National Center for Education Statistics.
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