UNIVERSITY OF

CENTRAL FLORIDA

High School Feedback Report:

Office of University Analysis and Planning Support

University of Central Florida, 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 215, Orlando FL 32826

Tables developed for use in the College Access Summit February 17, 2010 and are not intended for distribution

Office of Institutional Research

Valencia Community College, P.O. Box 3028, Orlando, FL 32802-3028

and

VALENCIA

CommunityCollege

(Orange & Osceola Counties)

Fall 2008

ANNUALHIGHSCHOOLFEEDBACKREPORT:SERVICEDISTRICT

Fall2008

Aspartofitslearning‐centeredorientation,ValenciaCommunityCollegecreatesforitspublicschooldistrictpartnersthisreport addressingselectedperformanceelementsofcurrentdual‐enrolledstudentsand previous‐yearhighschoolgraduates. Thisreportprovidesinformationonpublichigh schoolgraduatesinOrangeandOsceolacounties.

Previous‐YearHighSchoolGraduates

In Fall2008,3,460previous‐yearhighschoolgraduatesfrompublichighschoolsinOrangeandOsceolacounties enrolledandattendedValencia.Mostwerefirst‐time‐in‐collegeandsomehadcompleteddual‐enrolledcoursespriortohighschoolgraduation.

Previous‐YearPublicHighSchoolGraduates

AttendingValenciaCommunityCollege

Fall2008

PYHSGs / FTIC / FTICDualEnrolled / PYHSGsstarting Summer
ServiceCounty / atValencia / atValencia / atValencia / at Valencia
N / N / % / N / % / N / %
OrangeCounty / 2,707 / 2,261 / 83.5% / 212 / 7.8% / 234 / 8.6%
OsceolaDistrict / 753 / 570 / 75.7% / 142 / 18.9% / 41 / 5.4%
TotalValenciaServiceDistrict
(OrangeOsceolaCounty) / 3,460 / 2,831 / 81.8% / 354 / 10.2% / 275 / 8.0%
TotalOutofDistrictOther
In District,Non-PublicSchools / 2,226 / 1,701 / 76.4% / 44 / 2.0% / 161 / 8.5%
TotalPYHSGs / 5,686 / 4,532 / 79.7% / 398 / 7.0% / 436 / 7.7%

FTICs(First‐time‐in‐college)areFTAV(First‐Time‐at‐Valencia),havenotransfercredits,notransferortransientstatus,andarenotDual‐Enrolled/EarlyAdmission/EarlyEnrollment

Previous‐YearHighSchoolGraduates

InSum/Fall2008,664 first-time in college (FTIC) enrollees frompublichighschoolsinOrangeandOsceolacountiesand 6,324 overall from all high schools enrolledat UCF.Mostwereprevious high schoolgraduatesandsomehadcompleteddual‐enrolled/AP courses priortohighschoolgraduation.

Previous‐YearPublicHighSchoolGraduates

AttendingUniversity of Central Florida

Summer/Fall2008 Entering Cohort

FTIC / FTICsstarting Summer
ServiceCounty / atUCF / at UCF
N / N / %
OrangeCounty / 662 / 237 / 35.8%
OsceolaDistrict / 80 / 26 / 32.5%
TotalOrangeOsceolaCounty / 742 / 263 / 35.4%
Other Florida counties and out-of-state students / 5,582 / 2,214 / 38.1%
Total FTICs / 6,324 / 2,387 / 37.7%

FTICs(First‐time‐in‐college)arefirst‐time‐at‐UCFandarenotDual‐Enrolled/EarlyAdmission

HonorsProgramParticipation

Atotalof136previous‐yearhighschoolgraduatesfromValencia’sservicedistrictwereenrolledinValencia’s Honors ProgramsduringtheFall2008term. Thetablebelowshowsthebreakoutsbycounty.

RemediationReportfor Valencia

Whenprevious‐yearhighschoolgraduatesapplyforadmissionasdegreeseekers,theytaketheComputerizedPlacementTest(CPT)requiredbytheStateofFlorida,ortheypresentanACTorSATscore.Thesetestscoresplacethestudentintoeithercollege‐preparatoryorcollege‐levelcoursesinEnglish,reading,ormathematics.Thecollege‐preparatorycoursemaybeatthefirstorsecondlevel;generallythefirstlevelisforuptoninthgradework,whilethesecondlevelisfortenthtotwelfthgradework.Remediationratesarecomputedforprevious‐yearhighschoolgrads(PYHSGs)whoarefirst‐time‐in‐collegedegreeseekers,includingstudentswhoweredualenrolledpriortotheirhighschoolgraduation.Placementlevelsforprevious‐yearhighschoolgraduatesfromtheservicedistrictareshownbelow.

Student Mandate Rates

Previous-Year Public High School Graduates

Attending Valencia Community College

Fall 2008

Service County / #PYHSGs
Attending Valencia / # FTICs w/Placement Test* / Mandated at Least One Course * / Mandated Reading* / MandatedWriting* / Mandated Math*
Orange County / 2,707 / 2,234 / 82.5% / 1,354 / 50.0% / 997 / 36.8% / 696 / 25.7% / 985 / 36.4%
Osceola County / 753 / 563 / 74.8% / 387 / 51.4% / 260 / 48.4% / 197 / 34.5% / 298 / 39.6%
Total Service District (Orange & Osceola County) / 3,460 / 2,797 / 80.8% / 1,741 / 50.3% / 1,257 / 36.3% / 893 / 25.8% / 1,283 / 37.1%
Total Out of District & Other InDistrict, NonPublic Schools / 2,226 / 1,709 / 76.7% / 1,076 / 76.6% / 739 / 33.2% / 544 / 24.4% / 818 / 36.8%
Total PYHSGs / 5,686 / 4,506 / 79.2% / 3,447 / 60.6% / 1,996 / 35.1% / 1,437 / 25.3% / 2,139 / 37.0%

* Percent calculated on # PYHSGs

College‐Ready Students for Valencia

One measure of college readiness is when the student is exempt from taking college‐preparatory courses by virtue of scoring above certain scores on the ACT, the SAT, or the Computerized Placement Test (CPT). The number of students scoring above the cut scores for English, reading, and mathematics is shown below. The following table counts all previous‐year high school graduates (PYHSGs) enrolled in Fall 2008 regardless of whether the fall term was their first term of enrollment.

College Ready Students (No Mandates)

Previous-Year Public High School Graduates

Attending Valencia Community College

Fall 2008

Service County / # PYHSGs Attending Valencia / # College‐Ready Students (no mandates) / % College‐Ready Students (no mandates)*
Orange County / 2,707 / 1,353 / 50.0%
Osceola County / 753 / 369 / 48.6%
Total Service District (Orange & Osceola County) / 3,460 / 1,719 / 49.7%
Total Out of District & Other InDistrict, NonPublic Schools / 2,226 / 1,150 / 51.6%
Total PYHSGs / 5,686 / 2,869 / 50.5%

* Percent calculated on PYHSGs

President’sandDean’sHonorLists

Previous‐yearhighschoolgraduatesfromtheservicedistrictwererecognizedfortheiracademicachievementbybeingnamedtothePresident’sHonorListwithagradepointaverageof3.75andaboveortotheDean’sHonorListwithagradepointaverageof3.25to3.74.Full‐timestudentsareeligibleforthePresident’sorDean’sHonorListsuponcompletionof12credithoursofcollege‐level

work duringaterm.Part‐timestudentsareeligibleforhonorsrecognitionaftercompletingincrementsof12credithoursofcollege‐levelworkovermultipleterms.

President’sandDean’sHonorList

Previous‐YearPublicHighSchoolGraduates

AttendingValenciaCommunityCollege

Fall2008

ServiceCounty / #PYHSGs
Attending
Valencia / #StudentsHonorLists / %StudentsHonorsList / President’sList(3.75‐4.0GPA) / Dean’s List
(3.25-3.74 GPA)
OrangeCounty / 2,707 / 458 / 16.9% / 221 / 237
OsceolaCounty / 753 / 176 / 23.4% / 74 / 102
TotalServiceDistrict
(OrangeOsceolaCounty) / 3,460 / 634 / 18.3% / 295 / 339
TotalOutofDistrictOtherIn District,Non-PublicSchools / 2,226 / 328 / 14.7% / 146 / 182
TotalPYHSGs / 5,686 / 962 / 16.9% / 441 / 521

President’s and Dean’s Honor Lists

Previous‐yearhighschoolgraduateswererecognizedfortheiracademicachievementbybeingnamedtothePresident’sHonorListwithagradepointaverageof4.0 or to the Dean’sHonorListwithagradepointaverageof at least 3.4 with no grade less than a C (2.0). Full‐timestudentsareeligibleforthePresident’sorDean’sHonorListsuponcompletionofat least 12credit hoursof college‐levelwork duringaterm. Part‐timestudentsareeligibleforhonorsrecognitionafter completingat least 12credithours ofcollege‐levelworkin two consecutiveterms.

President’sandDean’sHonorList

Previous‐YearPublicHighSchoolGraduates

AttendingUniversity of Central Florida

Summer/Fall2008 Entering Cohort

ServiceCounty / #FTICs
Attending
UCF / #StudentsHonorListsFall 08 / %StudentsHonorList / President’sList
(4.0 GPA)
Fall 08 / Dean’s List
(see above)
Fall 08
OrangeCounty / 662 / 172 / 26.0% / 36 / 136
OsceolaCounty / 80 / 14 / 17.5% / 1 / 13
TotalOrangeOsceolaCounty / 742 / 186 / 25.1% / 37 / 149
Other Florida counties and out of state students / 5,582 / 1,677 / 30.0% / 245 / 1,432
TotalFTICs / 6,324 / 1,863 / 29.5% / 282 / 1,581

Fall Term GPA and Spring Term Retention

Twooftheearliestindicatorsofperformanceforprevious‐yearhighschoolgraduatesaretheirgradepointaverage(GPA)for theirfirsttermofenrollmentandtherateatwhichtheyreturnfortheSpringterm.Boththesemeasuresareshowninthetablebelow.

Fall Term GPA & Spring term Retention

Previous-Year Public High School Graduates

AttendingValenciaCommunityCollege

Fall2008 and Spring 2009

ServiceCounty / #PYHSGs
Attending Valencia / Average GPA Fall Term 2008 / Retention Spring Term 2009
OrangeCounty / 2,707 / 2.46 / 2,427 89.7%
OsceolaCounty / 753 / 2.64 / 676 89.8%
TotalServiceDistrict
(OrangeOsceolaCounty) / 3,460 / 2.50 / 3,103 89.7%
TotalOutofDistrictOtherIn District,Non-PublicSchools / 2,226 / 2.44 / 1,565 82.1%
TotalPYHSGs / 5,686 / 2.48 / 4,668 84.9%

Fall Term GPA & Spring term Retention

Previous-Year Public High School Graduates

AttendingUniversity of Central Florida

Summer/Fall2008 Entering Cohort

ServiceCounty / #FTIC
AttendingUCF / Average GPA Fall Term 2008 / Retention Spring Term 2009 / Retention Fall Term 2009
OrangeCounty / 662 / 2.97 / 640 96.7% / 588 88.8%
OsceolaCounty / 80 / 2.78 / 78 97.5% / 67 83.8%
TotalOrangeOsceolaCounty / 742 / 2.95 / 718 96.8% / 655 88.3%
Other Florida counties and out-of-state students / 5,582 / 3.04 / 5,407 96.9% / 4,834 86.6%
TotalFTICs / 6,324 / 3.03 / 6,125 96.9% / 5,489 86.8%