Special Education: Non-College-Enrolled Graduates in the Workforce

This report provides statistics at the state level for students with disabilities and students without disabilities graduating but not enrolling in college. The report can be viewed across and by different years and student demographics.

Year:

Historical Trends

Graduates Employed in the Workforce

Average Annual Earnings of Graduates

All Indicators

Mississippi Lifetracks (https://lifetracks.ms.gov) - Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Reporting Service

05-18-2024

EMPLOYMENT FOR 2017 SPECIAL EDUCATION GRADUATES

MISSISSIPPI

The bar chart allows you to compare the percentages of public high school graduates with and without disabilities employed in the workforce within one year, three years, and five years of graduation. (Statistics for employment within three years and five years after graduation will not appear if enough time has not passed between the year of graduation and now.) The table below shows how different subpopulations, such as males, with and without disabilities fared in this respect.

GRADUATES EMPLOYED IN THE WORKFORCE

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Percentage of public high school graduates with and without disabilities employed in the workforce within one, three, and five years of graduation.

Note:Students who are self-employed, employed outside of Mississippi, or continue their education are not included.

AREA

ONE YEAR

THREE YEARS

FIVE YEARS

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

STUDENTS WITHOUT DISABILITIES

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

STUDENTS WITHOUT DISABILITIES

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

STUDENTS WITHOUT DISABILITIES

Mississippi

Total

48.69%

61.30%

N/A

Gender

Male

50.48%

61.86%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Female

44.78%

60.62%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Race & Ethnicity

Asian

N/A

29.66%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Black

48.99%

64.68%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Hispanic

N/A*

31.98%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Native American

N/A

N/A*

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

White

49.54%

62.04%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Other

N/A*

54.81%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Student Characteristics

Students With Disabilities

48.69%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

English Language Learner

N/A*

23.73%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Economically Disadvantaged

47.43%

64.55%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Disability Type

Emotional

53.94%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Intellectual

22.82%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Language/Speech

N/A*

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Specific Learning

63.45%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Other Disability Type

41.71%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

* Some data values may be suppressed to protect the privacy of individuals and small groups of students.

Mississippi Department of Education, 2004-2019
Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES), 2004-2018

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