NEW YORK STATE ADULT EDUCATION STUDENT STATISTICS The following tables and charts show data reported

by adult education providers in the Finger Lakes region of New York State for the fiscal year 2011, which spans the period between July 1, 2010 and June 30th, 2011. All students reported here fulfill the National Reporting System (NRS) guidelines for reporting, namely, they have completed 12 hours of instruction and have been post tested using one of the State Education Department approved assessment instruments. In FY 2011, Finger Lake Adult Education programs served 5,715 students. Below is a breakdown of enrollment by provider type.
Provider Type BOCES Community College LV School District Enrollment 1949 476 414 2876

Enrollment by Provider Type - FL

BOCES 34% SD 50%

LV 7%

CC 9%

Enrollment and Educational Gain The NRS categorizes students into 6 Adult Basic Education (ABE) and 6 English as a Second Language (ESL) levels based on their pretest scores. Students show educational gain if their post test places them in an NRS level that is higher than their pretest level.
1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Enrollment Gain

Educational Functioning Levels ABE Level 1 ABE Level 2 ABE Level 3 ABE Level 4 ABE Level 5 ABE Level 6 ESL Level 1 ESL Level 2 ESL Level 3 ESL Level 4 ESL Level 5 ESL Level 6 Total number of students

Enrollment 36 425 1434 1330 311 172 686 166 213 350 380 212 5715

Number of Students Making Gain 12 250 772 575 158 103 405 132 164 255 234 131 3191

Percentage of students making gain 33% 59% 54% 43% 51% 60% 59% 80% 77% 73% 62% 62% 56%

Student Demographics

Gender of students - FL

Male 41% Female 59%

Gender Female Male

Number of Students 3360 2355 5715

% 59% 41%

60 plus 4% 45-59 16%

Student Age
16-18 7% 19-24 27%

25-44 46%

Age 16-18 19-24 25-44 45-59 60 plus

Number 378 1551 2652 926 208

Student ethnicity - Finger Lakes

Pacific Islander F 0.5% Native American or Alaskan A 1.0% Asian B 13.8%

White E 33.8%

AfricanAmerican, AfroCaribbean, or African C 29.5% Latino/a D 21.4%

Ethnicity Native American or Alaskan Asian African-American, Afro-Caribbean, or African Latino/a White Pacific Islander

Count

57 790 1685 1222 1930 31

Employment status at Entry

Unemployed >1 yr available 6% Employed fulltime 19%

Unemployed <1 yr available 11%

Employed parttime 9%

Not available for employment 47%

Inmate 6%

Employment status Employed full-time Employed part-time Inmate Not available for employment Retired Unemployed <1 yr available Unemployed >1 yr available

Number 1097 493 364 2698 83 623 357