Idaho’s college go-on rate dips below 50 percent
The percentage of Idaho students continuing their education after high school has dropped for the second year in a row, Idaho EdNews reports. According to data reviewed Wednesday by the State Board of Education, the rate of Idaho students who go on within one year of high school graduation dropped by 6 percentage points in 2015, the most recent year for which data is available.
According to the state’s high school feedback report, the one-year, go-on rate dropped from 52 percent to 46 percent between 2014 and 2015. The rate also dropped between 2013 and 2014, when the go-on rate slid from 54 percent to 52 percent.
The go-on rate is important because it relates to the state’s flagship goal for education. By 2020, the state wants 60 percent of its young adults to hold a post secondary degree or certificate. EdNews reporter Clark Corbin has a full report here.