One in Three CA High School Graduates Ready for College

New college readiness data on kidsdata.org indicate that in 2008, about one in every three high school graduates was college ready – as measured by completion of college preparatory courses required for admission to the UC and CSU systems with a grade of “C” or better.

Looking specifically at counties and how they compare to the state average, the top five counties were all in the Bay Area.

Drilling down to specific parameters such as school districts and race/ethnicity, some wide disparities appear. At the school district level, college readiness ranges from two percent in some districts to more than 75 percent in others. Ethnically, 59 percent of Asian American students are ready for college, while African American and Hispanic students are both at 23 percent.

Are these numbers surprising to you? Without knowing the data, what percentage of high school graduates would you guess to be college ready?

Tags: New Data

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