StudentTracker for High Schools Knowledge Base

  • Working with Reports

  • How Institutions Use StudentTracker’s Outcome Reports

    StudentTracker outcome reports help high schools, districts, and states turn graduate outcomes into actionable insights — from tracking postsecondary pathways to strengthening programs and partnerships. Below are some of the…

  • Understanding Reports

    StudentTracker reports allow you to see the postsecondary achievements of the students you reported as graduating from your school(s). The Clearinghouse matches your students against our robust nationwide database of…

  • Why Data Changes

    It’s common for outcomes to change when you generate a report for the same cohort at different times. For example, a StudentTracker report for your high school 2025 cohort generated…

  • Postsecondary Enrollment Reporting Stats

    This overview introduces a new report available within StudentTracker 3.0 that provides transparency into how many postsecondary institutions have provided student enrollment data for a given term (fall, spring, and…

  • About Effective Dates and Academic Years

    Effective Dates Effective dates are “snapshots” of the postsecondary enrollment and degree data against which all StudentTracker for High Schools queries are run. There are three effective dates per year:…

  • How StudentTracker for High Schools Matches Students

    StudentTracker for High Schools matches high school graduates to their postsecondary enrollment and degree outcomes using two datasets: The difference in data submission cycles between high schools and colleges/universities means…

  • Ask the Product Manager

    If you have questions about your StudentTracker reports, send an email to the StudentTracker secondary product manager at: Gralak@StudentClearinghouse.org Include the full name of your organization, city, state, service agreement/account…