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ENROLLMENT BY PRIOR EDUCATION
FALL 1990 - FALL 2008
City East Harbor Mission Pierce South-
west		 Trade-
Tech		 Valley West District
%		 District
Number
Percent US High School Graduate
1990
49.6
64.5
65.8
61.3
67.8
62.1
59.8
63.7
65.9

62.2
68,758
2000
47.9
69.4
68.3
60.4
60.5
66.6
56.3
58.5
61.6
60.3
66,861
2005
49.2
69.0
65.1
64.1
65.2
63.4
54.4
62.5
60.8
61.5
70,012
2006
48.7
69.4
63.0
60.4
64.3
60.9
55.0
60.3
59.0
60.5
69,127
2007
49.2
68.9
66.2
59.6
64.6
59.4
56.2
60.7
58.4
60.8
73,939
2008
51.4
68.4
66.9
61.0
66.5
59.8
56.0
61.8
56.5
61.6
82,796
Percent Foreign High School Graduate
1990
21.5
10.4
7.4
8.6
6.9
3.9
8.6
9.5
6.5
10.0
11,128
2000
24.2
8.3
5.4
10.2
9.7
4.0
9.7
12.8
7.7
11.3
12,560
2005
21.0
7.3
4.1
7.7
8.3
4.1
6.2
11.6
6.9
9.4
10,757
2006
20.3
7.3
3.9
7.4
6.8
4.2
6.2
11.2
6.2
9.0
10,239
2007
19.1
7.5
4.0
6.4
6.9
4.0
6.5
10.7
5.1
8.7
10,529
2008
18.2
7.4
3.8
6.6
6.7
3.2
5.4
10.7
4.5
8.1
10,897
Percent High School Equivalency, Proficiency Certificate, etc.
1990
4.9
4.2
4.8
5.2
5.5
5.6
6.5
5.8
4.4
5.2
5,810
2000
6.2
4.7
6.0
5.9
5.0
6.9
7.4
4.8
5.4
5.6
6,230
2005
5.5
4.6
4.8
4.3
3.8
6.2
6.2
4.0
5.1
4.8
5,507
2006
5.4
4.6
4.8
4.3
3.8
6.2
6.2
3.9
4.9
4.7
5,379
2007
5.4
4.4
4.9
4.0
4.0
6.4
6.9
4.1
4.7
4.8
5,852
2008
5.6
4.4
5.2
4.1
4.5
6.5
6.9
4.4
4.8
5.0
6,775
Percent Concurrent High School Student
1990
0.7
2.0
3.3
2.1
2.4
1.5
1.3
1.4
1.3
1.7
1,899
2000
4.2
2.7
4.0
4.6
6.5
5.4
3.9
7.1
5.9
5.0
5,499
2005
4.5
4.3
9.7
7.3
6.9
6.8
11.3
5.4
3.7
6.4
7,274
2006
6.5
3.5
12.7
13.9
9.2
9.9
9.4
7.6
6.2
8.0
9,136
2007
6.5
3.9
8.7
16.0
8.9
12.8
7.8
7.5
8.7
8.0
9,757
2008
5.7
5.9
10.0
16.4
7.5
15.5
10.5
6.0
12.5
8.8
11,847
Percent Not High School Graduate
1990
10.5
10.2
5.7
10.6
5.6
22.2
15.2
6.5
4.8
9.3
10,303
2000
7.1
7.9
6.4
11.1
3.5
9.2
14.9
4.8
4.8
7.3
8,134
2005
5.2
5.7
4.8
7.3
3.0
8.0
11.0
3.7
3.7
5.6
6,344
2006
5.0
5.6
5.0
6.0
3.3
8.1
11.0
3.5
3.8
5.5
6,249
2007
5.2
5.8
5.3
5.8
3.3
7.7
11.7
3.6
4.0
5.6
6,753
2008
4.4
4.1
4.0
4.5
2.4
7.2
10.5
3.2
2.8
4.5
6,094
Percent AA Degree
1990
4.1
4.1
3.9
4.1
3.5
2.3
4.1
4.2
4.6
4.0
4,384
2000
4.0
3.6
4.2
4.0
4.7
5.0
4.5
4.7
5.4
4.4
4,860
2005
5.4
4.3
4.5
5.0
4.4
7.5
5.9
4.7
7.2
5.2
5,894
2006
4.9
4.4
4.5
4.1
4.0
6.8
6.1
4.5
6.5
4.9
5,596
2007
4.9
4.2
4.3
3.7
3.6
6.0
5.7
4.5
6.4
4.6
5,625
2008
4.5
4.2
4.1
3.1
3.5
4.3
5.1
4.5
6.0
4.3
5,813
Percent BA Degree or Higher
1990
8.6
4.7
9.1
8.1
8.3
2.3
4.5
8.9
12.4
7.6
8,410
2000
6.4
3.4
5.7
3.7
10.1
2.9
3.2
7.3
9.2
6.0
6,706
2005
9.2
4.8
7.0
4.3
8.4
4.0
4.9
8.0
12.6
7.1
8,096
2006
9.2
5.2
6.5
4.4
8.6
3.8
6.2
9.0
13.4
7.5
8,623
2007
9.7
5.3
6.6
4.4
8.6
3.7
5.3
8.9
12.7
7.5
9,123
2008
10.3
5.5
6.1
4.2
8.9
3.6
5.5
9.3
12.9
7.7
10,291

Note: Table does NOT include students enrolled only in non-credit classes.

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Last Update: 11/18/2008

This table and figures are included to indicate the highest educational attainment level of students at the time of their first enrollment in LACCD colleges. Slightly more than 60% of LACCD students have graduated from a U.S. high school prior to entering college. When those who completed their secondary education abroad are included in this group, the proportion rises to 70%. Another 5% of the District's students have not graduated from secondary school but have completed some type of equivalency program. Five percent of students have not completed secondary school or its equivalent in any form. (Some of those latter students may be concurrently enrolled in an adult school administered by a high school district.) These four groups constitute the "mainstream" of community college enrollment, in that the success of community college programs is best measured by determining the extent to which adult post-secondary students achieve their college-level educational goals.

Two other groups of students are outside the mainstream, in that their goals do not coincide with the principal "traditional" mission of community colleges. These include younger students concurrently enrolled in high school who are taking college courses, both to benefit from higher level instruction and to smooth their possible transition to colleg enrollment after graduation from high school. In the past year, these students have increased their proportion of LACCD students to almost 9%. The other group is composed of older students who have already obtained an associate or higher degree; and make up the remaining 12% of LACCD enrollment. They may be attending college to update their job skills, or to build an entirely new vocational career. A relatively large proportion of BA-and-higher degree holders are taking general education courses for personal achievement.

U.S. HIGH SCHOOL AND FOREIGN SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
AS A PERCENTAGE OF DISTRICT ENROLLMENT
FALL 1990 - FALL 2004

Graph depicting United States high school and foreign secondary school graduates as a percentage of Los Angeles Community College District enrollment from fall 1990 to 2004.


ASSOCIATE AND BACHELOR-OR-HIGHER DEGREE HOLDERS
AS A PERCENT OF LACCD ENROLLMENT
FALL 1976 - FALL 2004

Graph depicting high school equivalency holders and adult non-high school graduates as a percentage of Los Angeles Community College District enrollment from fall 1990 to 2004.