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Appendix 20: High School Cohort Definitions<br />

Students Excluded from the 2007 School Total Cohort for Graduation Rate<br />

Students with the following Reasons for Ending Enrollment Codes on their last regular<br />

enrollment record in the school:<br />

153 — Transferred to another school in this district or to an out-of-district placement<br />

170 — Transferred to another NYS public school outside this district with documentation<br />

204 — Transferred to a NYS nonpublic school with documentation<br />

221 — Transferred to a school outside NYS with documentation<br />

238 — Transferred to homebound instruction provided by this district<br />

255 — Transferred to home-schooling by parent or guardian<br />

272 — Transferred to a postsecondary school prior to earning a diploma<br />

323 — Transferred outside district by court order<br />

442 — Left the U.S.<br />

459 — Deceased<br />

5927 — Leaving a school under NCLB — a victim of a serious violent incident (treat<br />

same as 153)<br />

5938 — Leaving a NYC community district under NCLB — a victim of serious violent<br />

incident (treat same as 170)<br />

NOTE: For 2007 total cohort graduation rate reporting purposes, students reported with a<br />

Reason for Ending Enrollment Code 8338: Incarcerated student, no participation in a program<br />

culminating in a regular diploma will not be removed from the cohort and will remain in the<br />

denominator of the graduation rate calculation for the school and district in which the student<br />

last attended high school. These students will be counted as dropouts. (See<br />

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/hsgrguidance.pdf for additional federal guidance on<br />

graduation rate reporting for incarcerated students.)<br />

2007 District Total Cohort for Graduation Rate<br />

General Definition<br />

The 2007 district total cohort for graduation rate consists of all students, regardless of their<br />

current grade level, whose date of first entry into grade 9 (anywhere) was during the 2007–08<br />

school year (July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008). For information on how to determine the<br />

date of first entry into grade 9 for ungraded students with disabilities, see the definition of data<br />

element “First Date of Entry into Grade 9” in Chapter 7: Data Elements Definitions.<br />

Students Included in the 2007 District Total Cohort for Graduation Rate<br />

Students who fit the general definition above and whose last regular enrollment record was in<br />

the district (enrollment of one day or longer). This includes students who dropped out or<br />

transferred to an approved AHSEP or HSEP program; that is, students with one of the<br />

following Reason for Ending Enrollment Codes:<br />

136 — Reached maximum age and not earned a diploma<br />

289 — Transferred to an AHSEP or HSEP program<br />

340 — First-time dropout<br />

391 — Long-term Absence<br />

408 — Permanent Expulsion<br />

425 — Left school, no documentation<br />

302 Student Information Repository System Manual for 2010–11 Version 6.2

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