CALPADS goes to college
Student database shows big enrollment in higher ed
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California’s student data system has reached another milestone. By linking the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System, known as CALPADS, with two other data systems, state education officials tracked for the first time the number of high school graduates who enrolled in college – in and out of state.
2009 California high school graduates' enrollment in UC, CSU and community colleges. Source California Postsecondary Education Commission. (Click to enlarge)
They found that nearly three-quarters of the 382,514* high school graduates in the class of 2009 enrolled in a college or university. More than 25,000 went to the University of
