Postsecondary Entrance

The National Clearinghouse tracks aggregate data on college enrollment, persistence, and completion rates.   The data lags several years, but does provide some information about our graduates.  College enrollment is defined as students who enroll in a two or four-year institution after graduation.  Persistence is those who re-enroll after sophomore year.  The national average for achievement of a Bachelor’s Degree is 6 years.  Completion of a Bachelor's degree is linked to a variety of factors including finances, life-changes/personal circumstances, changes in academic majors, readiness, etc.  While we at Bethel Public Schools can not control many of these factors, we can control college preparedness.