Washington State High School Graduate Post-Secondary Enrollment Rates

Washington State data from data.wa.gov tracks the percentage of high school graduates who enroll in post-secondary institutions within their first year after graduation. It includes breakdowns by demographic groups, enrollment levels, and school districts. The dataset was last updated in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze enrollment rate trends over time using the `CohortYearTTL` and `Pct` columns.
• Compare post-secondary enrollment outcomes (`PSEnrollLevel`) across different `DemographicType` and `DemographicGroup` categories.
• Identify disparities in first-year enrollment (`FallFirstYearFlg`) between `DistrictType` classifications (e.g., traditional vs. charter).
• Model the relationship between `DemographicValue` (e.g., specific race/ethnicity) and `RedactedPct` to study privacy-protected trends.
• Benchmark individual school (`SchoolTTL`) performance against district (`DistrictTTL`) or state totals (`CohortYearTTL`).

Strengths

• Includes 14 distinct columns for granular demographic and institutional analysis.
• Provides data at multiple aggregation levels: school, district, and state totals.
• Dataset is actively maintained, with a last update in 2026.

Limitations

• Sample size (row count) is unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Key metrics like `RedactedPct` indicate suppressed data points, reducing completeness for some analyses.
• Geographic scope is limited to Washington State, U.S.A.

Provenance

Source

data.wa.gov (Washington State).

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collection from state education agencies (P20W pipeline).

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated in February 2026.

Geography

Washington State, United States.