The Senior Exit Survey is administered annually each spring by the Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE). In 2021-22, ORE received responses from 6,075 seniors at 75 District high schools, representing 66% of enrolled 12th grade students.
Responses indicated that:
- 78.9% of respondents intended to pursue post-secondary education within one year after high school.
- Nearly 80% of the 12th graders who intended to pursue post-secondary education also intended to work (either full-time or part-time) while in school.
- 52.3% of students who intended to pursue post-secondary education planned to attend a 4-year college or university.
- The most popular choices of major were Health and Medicine; Science, Math, and Technology; and Business.
- The COVID-19 pandemic continued to influence students’ post-graduation plans; 23.1% of students who intended post-secondary education within one year of graduation, and 29.5% of students who did not intend post-secondary education within one year of graduation indicated that their plans after high school changed because of COVID-19.
- Over 75% of respondents somewhat agreed or strongly agreed that adults at their school helped them apply for college.