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Foundation High School Program Graduate Reports

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This page last updated April 15, 2021

Overview

The Foundation High School Program (FHSP) Graduate Reports display counts of FHSP graduates in a variety of ways at the state, region, or district level.

In 2013, the 83rd Texas Legislature established the Foundation High School Program as the new high school graduation program for all students who entered Grade 9 in the 2014-15 school year or later. Students graduating in the 2013-14 through 2016-17 school years could opt to graduate under the FHSP.

Students who graduate under FHSP may earn an endorsement in one or more fields of study: arts and humanities; business and industry; multidisciplinary studies; public services; and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

The distinguished level of achievement is earned when requirements such as a certain number of credits in mathematics, including Algebra II and science are completed and an endorsement is earned. The category "no endorsement declared" includes students who have opted out of earning an endorsement.

The data are compiled from the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS), a statewide data system for public education information in Texas. School districts submit their data, which are defined in a yearly publication, the TSDS TEDS Data Standards.

These reports include students enrolled in public school districts and charter schools. The reports do not include students in private schools.

Reported Information

Three types of reports are available:

  1. Count of FHSP Graduates by Endorsement Combinations: This report shows the unduplicated count of graduates earning each endorsement or set of endorsements. A student is counted only once in this report. When multiple endorsements are earned, endorsements are separated by a slash ("/").

  2. Count of FHSP Graduate Endorsement by Race/Ethnicity: This report shows the count of students within each endorsement by ethnicity. Students are counted in each category for which they earned an endorsement; therefore, students may be counted in more than one field of study.

  3. Count of FHSP Graduate Distinguished Level of Achievement by Race/Ethnicity: This report shows the count of students who earned a distinguished level of achievement by ethnicity. Students are counted only once in this report.

You may choose a FHSP Graduate Report for a selected district, a selected region, all districts in a selected region, or a statewide total. Results are available either as a web page or a comma-delimited file.

Note: Certain values are masked to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requirements. Please see the note at the bottom of each report for more details on masking.