The number of students who transferred from a regular high school program to a GED program, as a percentage of their cohort. A GED program prepares students for the tests required to earn the General Educational Development credential, which certifies that a student has demonstrated a level of knowledge equal to or greater than 40% of graduating high school seniors. The cohort is the class of ninth-graders beginning high school together.
A GED offers students who did not make it through high school a credential allowing them to pursue higher education and certain careers. While these figures do not show the number of students actually obtaining GEDs, they indicate how many students were pursuing this alternative path out of high school toward a productive future.
Very small proportions of students have been leaving high school to pursue GEDs. About 0.4% of students in the class of 2018 had transferred to GED programs by the time their class graduated, similar to the state rate (excluding NYC) of 0.5%. The region's rate has fallen from 1.2% in 2009. Orange had the lowest proportion of students pursuing GEDs in the region at 0.1%, followed by Dutchess and Greene at (0.4%). Few school districts reported many students leaving school for a GED program (no school district in the region had more than 8 students pursue a GED in 2018).
Data for earlier years were not comparable because cohorts were not tracked in the same way.
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||
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| Region | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |||||||||
| Columbia County | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |||||||||
| Dutchess County | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |||||||||
| Greene County | 2% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | |||||||||
| Orange County | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |||||||||
| Putnam County | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |||||||||
| Sullivan County | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |||||||||
| Ulster County | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |||||||||
| NYS (excluding NYC) | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |||||||||
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| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||
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| Region | 196 | 204 | 243 | 194 | 148 | 103 | 85 | 62 | 52 | 59 | |||||||||
| Columbia County | 11 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||
| Dutchess County | 52 | 33 | 61 | 34 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||
| Greene County | 16 | 11 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Orange County | 42 | 44 | 37 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 4 | |||||||||
| Putnam County | 9 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 12 | |||||||||
| Sullivan County | 30 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ulster County | 36 | 57 | 45 | 53 | 47 | 36 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
| NYS (excluding NYC) | 2,237 | 2,291 | 1,867 | 1,468 | 1,149 | 950 | 829 | 661 | 612 | 659 | |||||||||
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| INDICATORS | TREND | STATE |
|---|---|
| Preschoolers Receiving Special Education Services | Increasing |
| Prekindergarten Participation | Increasing |
| Students Receiving Special Education Services | Increasing |
| Per-Student Spending | Increasing |
| Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Student Group | Increasing |
| Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity | Increasing |
| Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Student Group | Increasing |
| Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Race/Ethnicity | Increasing |
| High School Cohort Graduation Rate | Increasing |
| High School Cohort Dropout Rate | Decreasing |
| High School GED Rate | Decreasing |
| Plans of High School Graduates | Increasing |
| Education Levels of Adults | Increasing |
| Education Levels of Adults, by Race/Ethnicity | Maintaining |
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