Alabama

Alabama

Fast Facts

26,418

Associates Degrees & Certificates Awarded

32.9%

of All Degrees & Certificates Awarded Statewide

Alabama

CTE Secondary Concentrators

No Data Found

Graduation Rate

Go on to Postsecondary Education

CTE Postsecondary Concentrators

No Data Found

Earn a Postsecondary Credential, Certificate, or Diploma

Placed in Employment, Military Service or Apprenticeships Within Six Months

Secondary CTE Enrollment

302

Public High Schools

216,548

Public High School Enrollment

106,358

High School CTE Concentrators

351,521

Total Secondary CTE Enrollment

By Race

Secondary CTE Enrollment

No Data Found

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black

Latino

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

White

Two or More Races

By Gender

Secondary CTE Enrollment

No Data Found

Male

Female

Postsecondary CTE Enrollment

23

Community Colleges

111,541

Public Community Colleges Enrollment (full and part-time)

31,351

Postsecondary CTE Concentrators

51,795

Total Postsecondary CTE Enrollment

68

Area Technical Centers

By Race

Postsecondary CTE Enrollment

No Data Found

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black

Latino

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

White

Two or More Races

Unknown

By Gender

Postsecondary CTE Enrollment

No Data Found

Male

Female

Perkins Data

Combined State Plan with Perkins and WIOA

Is the State Using the Reserve Fund?

Perkins Eligible Agency

Alabama State Department of Education

Funding For FY22

$23,291,195

Percentage of Funding Directed to:

No Data Found

Secondary

Postsecondary

$60,000

Amount of Leadership Funds the State Set Aside to Prepare Students for Non-Traditional Careers

10%

Percent of Funds Being Reserved in Total

5-8

Middle Grades That are Eligible for Perkins V Funding

0.9%

Percent of Leadership Funds the State Set Aside for State Correctional Institution

Ways the Secondary CTE, Postsecondary CTE and Workforce Systems Collaborate

  • Through statewide advisory committees/ boards
  • Developing joint programs of study; Aligning programs of study with career pathways
  • Sharing labor market informational
  • Shared definitions of “high skill, high-wage, in-demand”
  • Offering joint professional development
  • Braiding funding across programs

Secondary Program Quality Indicator(s)

  • Recognized postsecondary credential attainment

Postsecondary Goals

goal

65%

of Alabama’s workforce will have a high-quality certificate, credential or degree by the year 2025
65 by 2025 Initiative

progress

44.1%

Statewide Postsecondary
Attainment Progress

Every Student Succeeds Act Metrics

ESSA School Quality and Student Success Indicators

Alabama’s SQSS Indicator measures success in six metrics:

  • Achieving a benchmark score on the ACT
  • Scoring a 3+ on an AP exam or 4+ on an IB exam
  • Scoring silver or above on the ACT WorkKeys assessment
  • Earning transcripted college credit
  • Earning an industry credential

Being accepted for enlistment into the military. For high schools, the college and career readiness indicator is weighted at 10 percent of the total score.

State CTE Director

Jimmy Hull

Assistant State Superintendent of Education/ Career and Technical Education/ Workforce Development Division

jimmy.hull@alsde.edu

Alabama State Department of Education
50 N Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36130