College Ready Data Fact Sheet
- Among the 48,000 Indiana high school graduates in 2014 who took the SAT, only 101 college-bound African Americans and 156 Latinos had SAT scores and GPAs in the range of the average Purdue freshman. (source: College Board’s Enrollment Planning Service)
- Among that same set of graduates, only 7 college-bound African Americans and 16 Latinos had SAT scores and high school GPAs in the range of the top 15% of Purdue freshmen. (source: College Board’s Enrollment Planning Service)
- In areas where Purdue has a statewide polytechnic site, 46% of African American high school graduates and 35% of all graduates who qualified for free or reduced lunch need remediation. The state average for all high school graduates is 23%. (source: Indiana Commission for Higher Education)
- Purdue has polytechnic sites in:
- Anderson, IN
- Columbus, IN
- Kokomo, IN
- Lafayette, IN
- New Albany, IN
- Richmond, IN
- South Bend, IN
- Vincennes, IN
- Compared to the rest of Indiana, graduates who qualified for free or reduced lunch in Marion County are: (source: Indiana Commission for Higher Education)
- 8 percentage points more likely to need remediation
- 8 percentage points less likely to enroll in college
- According to the Department of Education, SAT scores for 2012 IPS high school graduates were significantly below the national average and College Board’s college readiness benchmark. (sources: Indiana Department of Education and College Board SAT 2012 College-Bound Seniors Total Group Profile Report)
- IPS average: 1265 on a 2400 scale
- Math=427, Critical Reading=423, Writing=415
- National average: 1498
- College Readiness Benchmark: 1550 - This benchmark is associated with a 65 percent probability of obtaining a first-year college GPA of B- or higher, which, in turn, is associated with a high likelihood of college success. (source: the SAT Report on College & Career Readiness: 2012)
- IPS average: 1265 on a 2400 scale
