1. For additional information, please contact demography@unc.edu.
Data Sources: Test proficiency, ACT, ACT WorkKeys, and
high school graduation rates from NC DPI Accountability
Metrics (2016-17). | Public school enrollments for 2016-17
tabulated from grade, race, and sex by LEA data provided by
NC DPI and include charter schools. | UNC six-year graduation
rate for 2008-09 entering cohort provided by UNC System
Office. | NCCCS three-year graduation rate for 2013-14 entering
cohort provided by NC Community Colleges. | Fall 2015
enrollments by age from UNC, NCCCS, and IPEDS. | All other
data from 2016 American Community Survey, extracted from
IPUMS-USA. | Materials prepared June 12, 2018.
NC Population Ages 0 to 64 in 2016
50%
of 4-year-
olds not
enrolled in
any pre-K
>30,000
eligible for
state pre-K
42%
51,400
3rd
graders not
proficient in
reading
36%
44,400
3rd
graders not
proficient in
math
58%
67,900
8th
graders not
college & career
ready in
reading
60%
70,400
8th
graders not
college & career
ready in math
13%
15,600
9th
graders did not
complete high school in
4 years
47%
49,900
ACT test-takers meeting
zero college-readiness
benchmarks
27%
9,700
CTE graduates did not
earn a “career-ready”
score on ACT WorkKeys
319,000
adults ages 25 to 64 were enrolled in an
undergraduate postsecondary credit program in
Fall 2015
272,000 at an NC community college
91,000 in Curriculum
181,000 in Continuing Education
23,000 at a UNC institution
13,000 at an NC non-profit private
11,000 at a for-profit institution
33%
7,800
of HS graduates who
begin at UNC do not
earn a degree within
6 years
79%
14,700
of HS graduates who
begin at an NC
community college
do not earn a degree
within 3 years
