EDUCATION PIPELINE STATISTICS
IN MARION COUNTY, INDIANA…
Early Childhood
9.8%
of babies are born
with a low birth weight
25%
of babies were born
to mothers that do not
have a high school
education
17%
Ensuring
Academic Success
63.9%
60.5%
of 3rd Graders passed
both ISTEP math and
English*
of 8th Graders passed
both ISTEP math and
English*
Only 17% of all
childcare programs
have high quality
status rating
(level 3 or 4 on
Paths to QUALITY)
Ready
for College
65%
66%
88%
Have math skills to
succeed in college
(Algebra 1 End-ofCourse Assessment)*
Graduate on time,
76% graduate with the
type of diploma that
provides a foundation
for college*
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Murtadha describes the education
continuum as a “leaky pipeline”— a path
with breaks along the way where some
students go on to education and career
success while others do not.
“We really had to study and pay attention
to that continuum,” she explained. “Not
only paying attention to connecting the
dots, but actually connecting them in a
way that shows what’s going on, and why
are some people not making it through
this education continuum we’ve created.”
College
Completion
during their K-12 years
5.2%
of children age 5 to
17 participate in an
out-of-school-time
program
Have English/Reading
skills to succeed
in college (English
10 End-of-Course
Assessment)*
*Numbers include traditional public schools only. Charter and private schools are
excluded. Approximately 76.7% of Marion County primary and secondary students
are enrolled in traditional public schools.
we use the SAVI data to hone in on the
outcomes of greatest interest to us.”
In another example, the Education
Alliance studied the high proportion
of African-American men with no
high school diploma who ended up
incarcerated. By working backwards,
the coalition was able to look for clues
in the SAVI data for factors that could
have influenced this target group’s poor
outcomes.
Supported Out of
School Time
College
Attainment
Levels
67%
of graduates enroll in
college
25%
(1 out of 4) Require
math remediation in
public college
22.7%
of adults have started
college but did not
finish
5.9%
of adults are enrolled
in school in pursuit of
a diploma or college
degree
34.4%
have earned an
associate’s, bachelor’s,
or graduate degree
By looking at data for the entire continuum
of education—from early childhood to postsecondary education—the Education Alliance is
able to identify gaps that allow some students
to fall through the cracks. Ruprecht said, “Our
purpose is to improve the lives of families and
children in these neighborhoods that we’ve
targeted. We can’t do that very well if we have
nothing to guide us, so the data is incredibly
important to our mission and to our work.” u
SAVI’s New
Community On-line
Report Card for
Education
This Online Report Card allows
you to explore interactive
data visualizations to identify
education successes, gaps, and
disparities in Marion County.
OVERVIEW
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
CONTEXT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
GRADES 3–8
INCREASED
ACCESS TO
COLLEGE AND
IMPROVED
COLLEGE
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