Downloadable Data Explained - High School Completers

Completers are those students who exit from high school with some type of credential, including regular diplomas as well as Special Education Diplomas or a Certificates of Attendance.

Graduates are a special group of completers who have met course and assessment criteria. Graduates have completed a high school program of study with a minimum of 22 units. Graduates may earn one of several kinds of endorsements:

• Diplomas with Both College Prep and Vocational Endorsements: The table shows the number of graduates who have met the criteria of both the college preparatory program and vocational education program and who have passed the assessment requirements. Formal seals of endorsements for both programs are affixed to the high school diplomas for these students.
• Diplomas with College Prep Endorsements: The table shows the number of graduates who completed a program of study of 22 units in a college preparatory program and who have passed the assessment requirements. A formal seal of endorsement is affixed to the high school diplomas for these students.
• Diplomas with Vocational Endorsements: The table shows the number of graduates who completed a program of study of 22 units, at least 4 of which in vocational education and who have passed the assessment requirements. A formal seal of endorsement is affixed to the high school diplomas for these students.

Other Completers include those students who exit high school with either a Special Education Diploma or a Certificate of Attendance.

• Special Education Diplomas: The table shows the number of students with disabilities assigned to a special education program who have not met the state assessment requirements or who have not completed all of the requirements for a high school diploma, but who have nevertheless completed their Individualized Education Program (IEP). The diplomas identify graduates as Students with Disabilities.
• Certificates of Attendance: The table shows the number of students completing high school who met all requirements for attendance but did not meet the standardized assessment criteria for a diploma. These students are awarded the Certificate of Attendance in place of a high school diploma. After leaving high school, students receiving the Certificates of Attendance are provided opportunities to retake the required assessments and, if they pass, are awarded the appropriate diploma.