High School Graduates Report

Missouri High School Graduates Follow-up Report is prepared by the Department of Higher Education as a strategic resource for linking high school performance to college success. For colleges and universities, the report provides data to identify high school graduates who meet the institution's admission requirements. For high schools, the report can be used as a guidance and counseling tool to assess how well their graduates are prepared for the college of their choice.

In 2005, the DHE staff has integrated all past annual reports into a longitudinal data file that will enable high schools to track and compare their graduate cohorts' college performance across the state's public higher education system. There are three tables in the integrated data file:

• Table 1 provides information on gender and ethnicity as well as ACT scores and college-level remediation.

• Table 2 reports first-year college performance in terms of GPAs and retention rates.

• Table 3 tracks degree completion within a six-year period.

All these tables are listed by city and high school buildings. For the purpose of protecting individual privacy, no statistics are reported in cases involving fewer than 5 students. For more detailed tabular data, readers can go to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's web site at: http://dese.mo.gov/schooldata.