Graduation Rates & PostSecondary Paths Tuesday, February 6, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Graduation Rates & Post‐Secondary Paths Tuesday, February 6, 2018 Joseph Kempisty, Credit Recovery & Re‐Engagement Deborah Kraft, Supervisor of K‐12 Counseling Ken Wong, Supervisor of Equity, Student Success Judy Buckmaster, E.D. Student Services Shomari Jones, Director of Equity For additional information regarding this presentation contact: Name – Deb Kraft Email: kraftd@bsd405.org Phone: (425) 456‐4168 1 The Bellevue School District Mission:  To provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career and life.

Agenda 1. What is our graduation rate? How has it changed over time? 2. What are our students doing after graduation? 3. For those who go to college, what are the persistence rates? 4. Who is not graduating successfully in our current system, and what are we doing about it? 5. How have all of these changed over time? 2

Highlights (1/4)  What is our graduation rate? How has it changed over time? Slides 7‐9  BSD’s 4‐year graduation rate has hovered around 90% for the last 5 years. The 5‐year graduation rate has increased gradually over time to around 94.5%.  There is a large and persistent difference in the graduation rates of Black and Hispanic students (77%‐83%) and Asian, Multi‐Ethnic, and White students (91‐93%).  There are also graduation rate disparities for ELL students (71% graduation rate), students with IEPs (73%), and low income students (85%). These disparities are reduced when looking at the 5‐year extended graduation rate (85% for ELL, 76% for students with IEPs, and 86% for low income). Students with 504 plans have a 5‐year graduation rate of 94%.  What are our students doing after graduation? Slides 10‐15  The year after graduating, 73% are enrolled in college (72.5% in a 4‐year college and 1% in a 2‐year college); 20% unknown; and the remainder are engaged in a gap year or are in the workforce or military.  The percent of students enrolled in college during the first year after graduating high school ranges from 65% of Sammamish graduates to 92% of International graduates.  The race gap is evident in college enrollments: 76%‐89% of Multi‐Racial, White, and Asian students enroll in college, compared to 56% of Black students and 53% of 3 Hispanic students.  Of the Class of 2017 students attending college, 21% are at the University of Washington and 11% are at Bellevue College.

Highlights (2/4)  For those who go to college, what are the persistence rates? Slides 16‐17  For the high school class of 2015, 93% of college freshmen continued into their sophomore year. Rates were similar across schools, ranging from 90% of Sammamish graduates to 96% of International graduates.  Ninety‐seven percent of Asian students persisted in college, compared to 93% of White students and Multi‐Racial students and 88% of Hispanic students. The persistence percentage for Black students was not available for the Class of 2015.  Who is not graduating successfully in our current system? Slides 18‐19  For the Class of 2017, 89 seniors did not graduate in June. Thirty three of these students are continuing in a 5 th year program. Twenty three have since graduated or enrolled in an Open Doors 1418 Youth Reengagement program (ESSHB 1418). The remainder have dropped out or their status is unknown.  Our 89 non‐graduates were disproportionately Hispanic, low income, receiving special education services, and/or receiving ELL services. Of these 89 non‐graduates, 21 students receiving special education and/or ELL services continued into a 5th year of high school. 4

Highlights (3/4)  What are we doing to support Student Success? Slides 21‐26  This is the second year we have had a Graduation Success Coach at each of our four comprehensive high schools. These coaches specifically work to support students that we have historically failed as a school system. Our GSCs strive to build a bridge as advocates.  Our Credit Recovery Program expanded this year to include online credit recovery for designated students at all six of our high schools. In addition, our After School Credit Recovery Program expanded to all four comprehensive high schools. Based on successes last year and this year, we are continuing to use Apex Learning as our online credit recovery course provider.  This past summer 2017, our High School Summer School program focus was redesigned to be very intentional in building positive student‐to‐student and student‐to‐teacher relationships in each classroom. Ninety‐eight percent of students earned credit in at least one summer school course. In total, 495 students earned credit in 717 courses.  We are partnering with Graduation Alliance and other Open Doors 1418 Youth Reengagement programs (ESSHB 1418) to reengage students in a graduation or career pathway to earn their high school diploma, general education diploma (GED), Associates of Arts degree, or career certificate.  A Transitional Coach meets with and tracks progress of all Transitional Multi‐lingual 5 students at the secondary level to ensure success toward graduation. These are students who recently exited ELL services and still need support. Seventy‐seven high school students are served by this coach.

Highlights (4/4)  Additional supports for Student Success Slides 27  College & Career Advisors work collaboratively with counselors to ensure students receive information regarding multiple pathways for post‐secondary plans;  Case management for Unaccompanied Minors in high schools ensuring face‐to‐face adult support and formation of supportive network for academic and personal/social needs;  Regular check‐in with Supervisor of Pupil Management regarding truancy issues; participation on Truancy Board to support students and families;  How has it all changed over time?  4 and 5 year Grad Rates overtime (slide 7)  Grad Rates by Race overtime (slide 8)  Grad Rates by sub‐groups overtime (slide 9)  Enrollments in college in first year after graduating h.s. overtime (slide 14)  Persistence in the second year overtime (slide 16) 6

Graduation Rates Over Time Class 4yr Grad 5yr Grad Rate Rate Class of 2017 91.1 N/A Class of 2016 89.5 94.0 Class of 2015 90.4 94.5 Class of 2014 91.6 94.9 Class of 2013 88.9 91.0 7

Graduation Rates Over Time by Race Trends by Race 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 8 40% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Black Asian Hispanic Multi‐Ethnic White

Class of 2017 Graduation Rates by Subgroup Class of 2017 On‐time Extended (4 year) (5 year)* Total 91 94 97 Asian 93 Black 77 85 86 Hispanic 83 92 Multi‐Ethnic 96 White 91 94 ELL 71 85 Special Ed 73 76 504 87 94 Low income 85 86 Malen 90 92 Female 92 96 9 *Important to note that the On‐Time and Extended rates are for two different cohorts. On‐Time is for the class of 2017; extended is for the class of 2016 in their fifth year.

What did the Class of 2017 do after graduating high school? We have two ways of collecting information on students’ post‐graduation choices: • Each spring we give a senior survey asking students about their plans • In the fall, we receive college enrollment data from the National Clearinghouse By combining these two data sources, we see the number of students who indicated a plan to go to college versus those who actually entered. We currently learn about the status of students who do not enter by making 10 individual calls and connecting when possible.

Class of 2017: Self‐Reported Post‐Graduation Plans as of Spring 2017 Self‐ReportedPlans on the Senior Survey, Spring 2017 Choice Total White Black Asian Hispanic Multi 4 Yr College 67% 67% 44% 80% 32% 71% 2 Yr College 20% 20% 40% 13% 42% 21% Non US College 2% 2% 0% 1% 2% 3% Military 0.4% 1% 0% 0% 1% 0% Employed 2% 2% 0% 0% 5% 1% Year Off 2% 3% 2% 1% 3% 2% Other 1% 1% 2% 1% 3% 1% Unknown 5% 4% 12% 3% 11% 2% Total Students 1541 683 43 495 152 151 11 Notes: The percentages show what percent of students in the subgroup chose each option. For example, 80% of Asians reported they were planning to attend a 4-year college, 13% reported they planned to attend a 2-year college, etc. Note that the data shown here are self-reported from the spring 2017 senior survey, and may differ from the actual college enrollment data collected from Naviance and the National Clearinghouse in the fall. Additionally, Naviance classifies Bellevue College as a 2 year college, but the National Clearinghouse classifies them as a 4 year college.

Class of 2017: Post‐Graduation Choices as of Fall 2017 Spring senior survey data combined with Fall National Clearinghouse data on college attendance Where are our graduates going? 1200 1127 1000 800 600 400 322 200 41 28 15 11 12 9 6 4 0 12 • Total college – 1142 (of 1325 who indicated they were going to college • Other/Unknown – 322 (including 225 who indicated college but there is no record of enrollment) Data Sources: College attendance data are from the National Clearinghouse and reflect actual enrollments. Other categories are from self‐reports on the senior survey. Students who said they plan to enroll in college but were not in the National Clearinghouse data are listed as Other/Unknown (they may be attending international universities).