Table 3 Education and labor market outcomes: by hs achievement quartile

Quartile 1

Quartile 2

Quartile 3

Quartile 4

Quarterly earnings

$4,383.75

5,227.19

6,159.69

8,072.06

(3411.79)

(3955.62)

(4765.38)

(6445.16)

Educational attainment

 Voc/Cert

0.045

0.054

0.054

0.035

 AA

0.082

0.154

0.220

0.224

 BA or above

0.041

0.104

0.226

0.453

Enrollment

 Voc/Cert

0.143

0.119

0.100

0.060

 AA

0.536

0.590

0.600

0.484

 BA

0.089

0.190

0.351

0.580

Completion

 Voc/Cert

0.317

0.456

0.542

0.585

 AA

0.153

0.261

0.367

0.462

 BA

0.425

0.500

0.577

0.656

Intermediate HS outcomes

 10th grade FCAT Math Score

−1.286

−0.194

0.368

1.131

(0.823)

(0.170)

(0.166)

(0.404)

 HS GPA

1.977

2.342

2.680

3.159

(0.679)

(0.647)

(0.640)

(0.588)

 Postsecondary GPA

1.734

2.120

2.427

2.841

(1.085)

(0.995)

(0.930)

(0.810)

 Total postsecondary credits

43.542

62.603

80.698

101.912

(49.200)

(56.430)

(59.703)

(61.394)

 Postsecondary math credits

5.401

7.957

8.893

9.481

(7.706)

(8.079)

(7.736)

(8.558)

 Postsecondary science credits

5.476

8.908

12.638

17.412

(10.805)

(14.077)

(17.949)

(22.212)

 Work experience

18.997

19.323

19.486

18.843

(11.453)

(11.063)

(10.758)

(10.032)

 Tenure

6.187

6.619

6.778

6.831

(6.944)

(7.126)

(7.002)

(6.669)

White

Black

Hispanic

White

Black

Hispanic

White

Black

Hispanic

White

Black

Hispanic

Quarterly earnings

$4,455.57

4,036.84

4,987.81

5,190.27

4,823.83

5,791.99

6,085.60

5,687.52

6,711.49

7,934.70

7,793.08

8,626.83

(3528.71)

(3187.7)

(3553.55)

(3967.44)

(3684.96)

(4138.44)

(4703.92)

(4516.54)

(4982.39)

(6312.65)

(6599.3)

(6615.71)

Educational attainment

 Voc/Cert

0.058

0.041

0.032

0.063

0.047

0.042

0.061

0.038

0.044

0.038

0.020

0.029

 AA

0.069

0.075

0.118

0.149

0.133

0.186

0.226

0.162

0.237

0.232

0.166

0.211

 BA

0.030

0.045

0.049

0.084

0.133

0.109

0.207

0.280

0.240

0.446

0.470

0.444

Enrollment

 Voc/Cert

0.135

0.159

0.120

0.127

0.118

0.102

0.105

0.093

0.089

0.063

0.047

0.054

 AA

0.442

0.559

0.629

0.556

0.582

0.674

0.598

0.542

0.644

0.494

0.413

0.481

 BA

0.060

0.100

0.111

0.148

0.249

0.210

0.314

0.444

0.386

0.566

0.637

0.600

Completion

 Voc/Cert

0.432

0.260

0.268

0.499

0.398

0.411

0.578

0.410

0.499

0.603

0.423

0.535

 AA

0.155

0.134

0.188

0.267

0.228

0.276

0.378

0.298

0.368

0.469

0.402

0.439

 BA

0.474

0.414

0.394

0.539

0.478

0.464

0.595

0.550

0.549

0.665

0.590

0.622

Intermediate HS outcomes

 10th grade FCAT Math Score

−1.175

−1.385

−1.260

−0.181

−0.217

−0.199

0.377

0.333

0.358

1.141

1.015

1.081

(0.762)

(0.869)

(0.796)

(0.169)

(0.17)

(0.171)

(0.165)

(0.163)

(0.165)

(0.409)

(0.305)

(0.349)

 HS GPA

1.998

1.962

1.968

2.340

2.364

2.308

2.688

2.696

2.616

3.176

3.046

3.052

(0.722)

(0.653)

(0.668)

(0.665)

(0.617)

(0.637)

(0.654)

(0.601)

(0.618)

(0.594)

(0.550)

(0.573)

Intermediate postsecondary outcomes

 Postsecondary GPA

1.849

1.646

1.767

2.179

1.999

2.120

2.463

2.261

2.423

2.857

2.653

2.788

(1.142)

(1.047)

(1.06)

(1.029)

(0.936)

(0.981)

(0.941)

(0.890)

(0.911)

(0.816)

(0.786)

(0.792)

 Total postsecondary credits

38.880

44.080

49.196

56.596

69.716

65.880

76.475

91.804

84.474

100.025

114.108

102.806

(44.219)

(50.849)

(51.569)

(52.473)

(61.426)

(56.218)

(57.904)

(65.152)

(59.144)

(60.809)

(66.257)

(59.791)

 Postsecondary math credits

4.701

5.302

6.586

7.144

8.458

9.052

8.312

9.727

10.021

9.149

10.817

10.337

(6.97)

(7.739)

(8.468)

(7.556)

(8.321)

(8.657)

(7.341)

(8.491)

(8.068)

(8.337)

(9.398)

(8.614)

 Postsecondary science credits

4.585

5.752

5.992

7.692

10.674

8.908

11.485

15.867

12.958

16.469

21.914

18.003

(9.041)

(11.297)

(11.547)

(12.14)

(16.431)

(13.651)

(16.444)

(20.978)

(18.201)

(21.238)

(26.452)

(22.569)

Labor market inputs

 Work experience

19.681

18.525

18.973

19.707

18.560

19.439

19.804

18.407

19.277

19.163

17.461

18.082

(11.565)

(11.373)

(11.43)

(11.138)

(10.843)

(11.129)

(10.826)

(10.495)

(10.672)

(10.084)

(9.767)

(9.833)

 Tenure

6.417

5.968

6.286

6.867

6.061

6.692

6.970

5.996

6.672

6.952

6.044

6.550

(7.292)

(6.736)

(6.793)

(7.445)

(6.529)

(6.989)

(7.212)

(6.312)

(6.679)

(6.797)

(5.927)

(6.257)

Non-FRL

FRL

Non-FRL

FRL

Non-FRL

FRL

Non-FRL

FRL

Quarterly earnings

$4,644.73

4,220.75

5,487.59

4,882.10

6,438.89

5,545.63

8,350.22

6,737.48

(3608.34)

(3262.46)

(4145.20)

(3664.24)

(4917.97)

(4359.39)

(6593.75)

(5459.76)

Educational attainment

 Voc/Cert

0.054

0.039

0.059

0.046

0.057

0.047

0.034

0.039

 AA

0.092

0.075

0.172

0.126

0.237

0.175

0.226

0.212

 BA

0.049

0.034

0.120

0.078

0.249

0.162

0.480

0.300

Enrollment

 Voc/Cert

0.144

0.144

0.122

0.113

0.102

0.095

0.057

0.073

 AA

0.552

0.536

0.610

0.556

0.614

0.559

0.479

0.521

 BA

0.100

0.082

0.209

0.161

0.376

0.284

0.601

0.460

Completion

 Voc/Cert

0.372

0.273

0.484

0.408

0.557

0.499

0.595

0.538

 AA

0.167

0.140

0.281

0.226

0.386

0.313

0.472

0.407

 BA

0.457

0.387

0.528

0.440

0.595

0.509

0.669

0.553

Intermediate HS outcomes

 10th grade FCAT math score

−1.189

−1.310

−0.184

−0.208

0.376

0.348

1.148

1.035

(0.748)

(0.813)

(0.17)

(0.171)

(0.166)

(0.163)

(0.413)

(0.333)

 HS GPA

2.032

1.941

2.395

2.283

2.730

2.579

3.201

2.973

(0.676)

(0.662)

(0.64)

(0.649)

(0.624)

(0.655)

(0.569)

(0.637)

Intermediate postsecondary outcomes

 Postsecondary GPA

1.826

1.657

2.174

2.022

2.461

2.317

2.865

2.682

(1.070)

(1.084)

(0.981)

(1.013)

(0.913)

(0.973)

(0.793)

(0.892)

 Total postsecondary credits

46.025

41.735

64.693

58.914

82.596

75.059

103.629

91.618

(49.98)

(48.566)

(56.496)

(56.072)

(59.317)

(60.512)

(60.924)

(62.933)

 Postsecondary math credits

5.686

5.225

8.102

7.714

8.885

8.961

9.461

9.694

(7.693)

(7.763)

(7.972)

(8.244)

(7.529)

(8.367)

(8.551)

(8.631)

 Postsecondary science credits

5.847

5.214

9.162

8.472

12.863

12.042

17.580

16.601

(11.001)

(10.675)

(13.896)

(14.353)

(17.937)

(18.004)

(22.205)

(22.442)

Labor market inputs

 Work experience

19.562

18.636

19.676

18.873

19.778

18.859

18.910

18.505

(11.556)

(11.36)

(11.118)

(10.987)

(10.767)

(10.743)

(9.978)

(10.317)

 Tenure

6.442

5.986

6.915

6.251

7.021

6.269

6.886

6.566

(7.188)

(6.715)

(7.387)

(6.775)

(7.177)

(6.604)

(6.687)

(6.603)