Digest of City Schools College-Going Statistics, 2022 Edition

Oct 15, 2026

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Digest of City Schools College-Going Statistics, 2022 Edition compiles descriptive, aggregated statistics on college access and postsecondary degree completion for 10 cohorts of City Schools graduates across school years 2010-11 through 2019-20. It defines graduates using exit codes for regular or early diplomas, tracks college enrollment after graduation, and examines degree completion using National Student Clearinghouse and other supporting sources. The guide also highlights major data caveats and contextual factors such as summer melt when interpreting enrollment results.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages26

Reading Time1 h 6 min

AccessFree to download

Reader’s Guide

Purpose and scope

Data sources

City Schools graduates

College enrollment and degree completion

Notes and caveats

Digest of City Schools College-Going Statistics, 2022 Edition May 2023 Compiled by: Nathaniel A. Dewey Rachel E. Durham Zyrashae Smith-Onyewu Curt Cronister Marc L. Stein Baltimore Education Research Consortium ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We extend our thanks to the Career and College Readiness Office and the Office of Achievement and Accountability, who have informed and directly supported the development of this data digest. Extensive assistance was provided by Rachel Pfeifer, Mavis Jackson, Chris Wohn, and Ike Diibor at Baltimore City Public Schools. Without their partnership and collaboration we could not have completed this work. Finally, we extend deep gratitude to the Abell Foundation, Inc. whose generous support of the Baltimore Education Research Consortium made this work possible. Suggested Citation Baltimore Education Research Consortium. (2023). Digest of City Schools College-Going Statistics, 2022 Edition. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Education Research Consortium. FOREWORD The Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) is a research practicepartnership (RPP) between university based researchers, Baltimore City Public Schools and organizations that serve families and children in Baltimore. BERC maintains two primary focuses in its work; K-12 public education with Baltimore City Public Schools and early childhood through the Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) which isan RPP of publicly-funded organizations that serve families and children aged prenatal to five in Baltimore City. BERC’s mission is to develop and support long-and short-term research-practice partnership projects that address questions of critical importance through the conduct and dissemination of rigorous strategic data analysis and research for the benefit of the children and families of Baltimore City. We provide information and findings to all who learn, teach, work for and care about education in our city and communities so that they may share a common understanding and be well positioned to move conversations forward, design strategic and practical responses to challenges, advocate for resources and capitalize upon promising practices or levers for positive change. This digest of college access information is the sixth product in a series that aims to chart college-going and postsecondary degree completion among Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) graduates. Since the first 2011 college access report, the information available has expanded (e.g., college enrollment results from many activities that must come first, such as completing college applications and applying for financial aid). Enrollment patterns also encapsulate non-enrollment events, such as when a student who gained acceptance to college does not enroll, termed ‘summer melt.’ These are data points that more recent data holdings have allowed us to feature since the first in the series was published. BERC has also published this information in different ways, some that were limited to data tables and others that offered more interpretation. With the publication of this Data Digest, we are striving for a balance in serving those stakeholders who wish topore over dense tables and those who prefer a reader-friendly format. The companion report accompanying this digest offers a narrative interpretation along with graphical highlights of this information. READER’S GUIDE This digest provides descriptive, aggregated statistics related to the experiences of 10 cohorts of graduates of City Schools from school years 2010-11 through 2019-20. We use multiple indicators of college access, including the process of applying for college and financial aid, enrollment in the fall following high school graduation, and degree completion. We present data trends over time to understand City Schools graduates’ experiences of college-going. Data Sources We used data from the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) archive for Baltimore City from the 20

FAQs

What groups and school years does the digest cover?

It covers 10 cohorts of City Schools graduates from school years 2010-11 through 2019-20, using descriptive aggregated statistics across these cohorts.

How does the report define “graduates” for the analysis?

Graduates are students with an exit code indicating receipt of a regular diploma (C60) or early graduation (C70). Only students with those codes dated within the stated school-year windows are included.

Which sources are used to measure college enrollment and degree completion?

College enrollment and degree completion rely primarily on the National Student Clearinghouse, supported by other sources including Federal Student Aid and data from Morgan State University within the BERC archive.

Oct 15, 2026

Uploaded by James