Definition: Percent of enrolled students who remain enrolled in the district from one year to the next year
Periodicity (time period): Annual (previous school year to current school year)
Default Cut Point: n/a
Default Performance Levels: n/a - there are not performance levels for this metric
Default Dataset Filter: n/a
Required Configurations
- Admin User: For accurate calculation, "Exit Codes" for "Graduated" must be configured in Data Configuration Settings -> Metric Configurations
Possible Configurations:
- Admin User: Additional "Exit Codes" can be configured (e.g. Other Exclusions) and "Official Enrollment Rules" can be set in Data Configuration Settings -> Metric Configurations
- Schoolzilla Support: Ability to add dataset filters (e.g., specific schools that should not be included)
District and School Metric Calculation:
| District YOY Retention = | Number of students enrolled in the district for subsequent time period 1 2 3 4 |
| Number of students enrolled in the district for the initial time period 3 4 |
The dates included in the subsequent time period and initial time period are based upon the dates selected for the Enrollment Windows in Official Enrollment Rules in Data Configuration Settings.
Notes:
- If a student remains enrolled in the district - i.e. they have a valid enrollment record in the subsequent year data set - they will count as retained. This includes students who have transferred within the district.
- Includes students that have graduated (we determine this based on Exit Code groupings)
- If a student's most recent enrollment record has an exit code that has been grouped as "Other Exclusions" – e.g., students who have emigrated or passed away – the student will be excluded from the initial enrollment cohort and not count in the numerator or denominator.
- Students that do not meet minimum enrollment thresholds in Official Enrollment Rules configurations (Minimum Days Enrolled), or that might be deemed “No Show” enrollments (unless you have elected to include these), will be excluded from the initial enrollment cohort and not count in the numerator or denominator.
Student Level Metric Calculation: n/a - Our Students and Student Profile only show currently enrolled students
Source: Student information system
Update frequency: Nightly
Additional Notes:
- The district yoy retention metric is calculated on a lagging basis. The most recent value of this metric will always be one year less than the current school year. For example, the 2019-2020 value of this metric is based on retention outcomes for the 2019-2020 enrollment cohort (i.e., what percent of students from 2019-2020 returned to the district for the 2020-2021 enrollment window). We do not yet support a year-to-date version of this metric (i.e., what is student retention from the beginning of the current school year to current date).
- "Grade Level at the Time" demographic group is selected, the values reflect the grades levels that students who are in the initial cohort and their grade level at the time of the initial year.
- We do not recommend using the "Current Grade Level" demographic group for this metric because this adds a filter for currently enrolled students only. Because of the currently enrolled filter, the values will be 100% or very close to it. With the addition of the currently enrolled filter, the metric then is looking at your students who were enrolled in the previous year AND are currently enrolled and determining which ones meet the official enrollment rules.