College readiness data disaggregated by race reveals racial inequities in education: 77.0% of Asian students and 62.0% of white students are college ready compared to 43.3% of Hispanic students and 34.6% of African American students. When disaggregating the data by sex, 51.8% of female students are college ready compared to 42.4% of male students. SA2020's data by race requires an understanding of historic and systemic racial inequity. The demographic categories reported on SA2020's data dashboards are consistent with the sources referenced. SA2020 promotes best practices in collecting inclusive demographic data.
Increase percentage of high school graduates testing "college-ready" to 85% (85% by 2030)
Year | Value | Margin of Error |
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2010 | -- | |
2011 | -- | |
2012 | -- | |
2013 | -- | |
2014 | -- | |
2015 | 29% | |
2016 | 35% | |
2017 | 36% | |
2018 | 41% | |
2019 | 42% | |
2020 | 40% | |
2021 | 49% | |
2022 | 47% |
High School Graduates Testing "College-Ready"
Texas Education Agency
Bexar County School Districts and Charters
College Readiness is defined as: 1) Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Criteria: A graduate meeting the TSI college readiness standards in both ELA/reading and mathematics; specifically, meeting the college-ready criteria on the TSI assessment, SAT, ACT, or by successfully completing and earning credit for a college prep course as defined in TEC §28.014, in both ELA and mathematics. (Data source: PEIMS 43415, THECB, College Board, and ACT, Inc.) 2) Earn Dual Course Credits: A graduate completing and earning credit for at least three credit hours in ELA or mathematics or at least nine credit hours in any subject. (Data source: PEIMS 43415) 3) Meet Criteria on Advanced Placement (AP)/International Baccalaureate (IB) Examination: A graduate meeting the criterion score on an AP or IB examination in any subject area. Criterion score is 3 or more for AP and 4 or more for IB. (Data source: College Board or IB) 4) Earn an Associate Degree: A graduate earning an associate degree prior to graduation from high school. (Data source: PEIMS 40100) 5) Earn OnRamps Course Credits: A graduate completing an OnRamps dual enrollment course and qualifying for at least three hours of university or college credit in any subject area. (Data source: OnRamps program).
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020