The county CTE office compiled the data for this sheet. Apparently they only have the last three years of data and there are no data on economically disadvantaged students for any year. There are also no data on LEP for the 2009-2010 school year.

Our student enrollment data chart shows a few interesting trends.

As far as basic enrollment numbers go, we have increased our program enrollment at a faster rate than the school as a whole; 24% compared to 12%. We have a higher percentage of female students. This is may be due to a large number of traditionally male programs in the building. Our ethnic makeup is very different from the school in general. Our program has around 40% white students which is 11 - 15% more whites than the school in general. However, this is still below the county average of 48% white. The minority numbers are less than the school average but are similar in composition. The leading minority group is Hispanic by a large margin, then blacks and then other. 

Although almost one quarter of our students have disabilities, this is still a few points below the school average of 27%. This may be due to a few programs in the school which are exclusively special needs but do not send their students to CTE classes.

This information is not kept in any disaggregated form in Arlington. We used our electronic grade books from past years to obtain the data. The only breakdown we could do was ethnicity. The data for the 2008-2009 school year was corrupted for both classes, so that year was omitted.

Due to a glitch in our database the data for 2008-2009 was not saved so analysis of trends is very hard. Also data for disabled, economically disadvantaged, LEP, and single parent students are not available.  The animal science field does not have a non-traditional population so this data is not applicable.

The total number of completers has increased every year. However, the percent of completers attaining 80% of the competencies has fluctuated. The percent has remained in the 90s and during the last year was at 99%.

The ethnicity breakdown follows the breakdown of the program in general and there does not seem to be an ethnic variation in the pass rate.

There are two certifications offered to the students in the Animal Science program over the last three years, American Red Cross Pet First Aid & CPR (ARC) and National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (NAPPS).

The ARC certification has been offered for many years and there are three years of data available. However, the documentation for this certification does not show the students who started the certification but did not finish it. Therefore, passing percentages can not be compared. Trends for those students who obtained certification seem to follow the student enrollment trends.  Overall the number certified has increased. The ethnic and gender breakdown follows the enrollment breakdown as well. In order to better understand these data we will need to start keeping track of all students who start the assessment, as well as those who achieve certification.

The NAPPS certification was given to the Advanced Animal Science class during the 2008 - 2009 school year. This was prior to the State's adoption of NAPPS as an end of  course test. It was also prior to NAPPS reconstructing their assessment. Therefore, even though we will be giving some of our students the NAPPS assessment this year, longitudinal data will not be valid yet. However, since participation and passing rates were kept some analysis can be done.  The gender passing rate is within range and shows no gender bias. Ethnicity may show some issues although the numbers are small and may not be reliable. Of the 24 students taking the test three did not pass, one in each ethnicity group. This looks equitable, but with the vastly different numbers in each group there could be some equity problems. Percentage pass rates by ethnicity are: White 94%, Black 75%, Hispanic  50%.  The difference is considerable but may not be truly representative due to low numbers. If the NAPPS test continues to be given, this statistic will need to be carefully monitored.