Massachusetts School-to-College Report Athol High, Athol, MA High School Class of  2005 April 2008 About this report This report, created collaboratively by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, provides postsecondary outcome data on students who graduated from your high school in 2005 and enrolled in a Massachusetts public college or university in fall 2005.  Every public high school with 10 or more graduates enrolling in public colleges will receive its own report. We hope that these data will serve as a catalyst for discussion and action among your fellow educators, school board, and community in understanding the relationship between high school and college academic performance. Ultimately, this dialogue should help us reach our goal of college and career readiness and success for every graduate. Questions this report can answer • How many of your graduates enrolled in public colleges and universities? Which institutions did they attend?  (See pages 2 and 6.) • How do enrollment patterns vary across student groups? (See pages 2 and 3.) • How many of your graduates enrolled in developmental (remedial) courses in college, and in what subjects? (See page 4.) • How many of your graduates re-enrolled for a second year?  (See page 5.) This report was produced in part with the financial support of the National Governors Association and the Nellie Mae Foundation.

Understanding Your Report The School-to-College Report is drawn from a new database that links public K–12 and higher education data. This report contains information on high school students who graduated or obtained a certificate of attainment from a Massachusetts public high school in spring 2005 and enrolled in a Massachusetts public postsecondary institution in fall 2005. This group of students will be referred to as the 2005 School-to-College Cohort throughout the report. Please note that the report does not include information on students who attended private high schools in Massachusetts, nor on any public high school graduates who enroll in a Massachusetts private college or an out-of-state college or university. Measures have been taken to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) so that no combinations of data found in this report can be easily traced to an individual student.  Results based on counts of zero to five students have been suppressed and replaced with “na” (not available). Please refer to Appendix A for additional information about the indicators and terms in this report and to Appendix B for frequently asked questions and answers. Contact Information For specific questions about the data and terminology used in this report, please e-mail school_to_college@bhe.mass.edu. For general information concerning the School-to-College Report and college readiness initiatives, please contact: Massachusetts Department of Higher Education One Ashburton Place, Room 1401 Boston, MA 02108 http://www.mass.edu 617-994-6950 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148  http://www.doe.mass.edu 781-338-3108 A state report summarizing statewide trends on these indicators is also available at  http://www.doe.mass.edu/research/reports/research.html and at http://www.mass.edu/reports/.

A. Fall  2005  College Enrollment of  2005  Massachusetts Public High School Graduates School District State 1. Number of public high school graduates in -2005 107 108 59,664 2. Number and percentage of high school graduates who enrolled 51 48% 51 47% 19,407 33% as new students in public postsecondary education in fall 2005 B. Characteristics of the  2005  School-to-College Cohort 3. Characteristics of public high school graduates who enrolled at public postsecondary institutions as new students in fall 2005 School District State a. African American na na 7% Asian/Pacific Islander na na 5% Hispanic na na 7% White 94% 94% 81% b. Female 53% 53% 53% Male 47% 47% 47% c. Limited English Proficient na na 5% d. Low Income na na 17% e. Special Education na na 12% 4. Number and percentage who enrolled as new students at public postsecondary institutions in fall 2005 by institution segment School District State # % # % # % State University 9 18% 9 18% 5,871 30% State College 10 20% 10 20% 4,924 25% Community College 32 63% 32 63% 8,612 44% Notes: Throughout the report, results based on fewer than six students (including both raw numbers and calculated percentages) have been suppressed and replaced with "na" (not available). The School-to-College Cohort are the students who graduated from a Massachusetts public high school and enrolled in a Massachusetts public postsecondary education institution.

B. Characteristics of the  2005  School-to-College Cohort (continued) 5. Number and percentage who enrolled as new students at public postsecondary institutions in fall 2005 by institution segment and student characteristics School District State # % # % # % African American State University na na na na 315 24% State College na na na na 236 18% Community College na na na na 766 58% Asian/Pacific Islander State University na na na na 465 51% State College na na na na 106 12% Community College na na na na 349 38% Hispanic State University na na na na 217 16% State College na na na na 217 16% Community College na na na na 946 69% White State University 9 19% 9 19% 4,865 31% State College 10 21% 10 21% 4,353 28% Community College 29 60% 29 60% 6,533 41% School District State # % # % # % Limited English Proficient State University na na na na 262 25% State College na na na na 132 13% Community College na na na na 635 62% Low Income State University na na na na 764 23% State College na na na na