The Collaborative for Academic Excellence is a combined effort on behalf of many community stakeholders to systematically reform and reinforce all levels of education from kindergarten to a bachelor's degree.

Indicators of success for this program in El Paso are as follows:

• From 1995 to 2002, high school graduation rates in El Paso increased from 69% to 78%.
• Far greater percentage of El Paso students took the recommended high-school program or higher as compared to students across Texas. El Paso ranked higher than Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.

Source: TEA - http://www.tea.state.tx.us/adhocrpt/; Graduate Reports.

	2000			2006
Population 25 years and over	391,540			418,098
Less than 9th grade	83,821	21.40%		81,517	19.51%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	50,187	12.80%		50,824	12.16%
High school graduate (including equivalency)	88,256	22.50%		96,873	23.17%
Some college, no degree	84,712	21.60%		86,853	20.77%
Associate degree	19,538	5.00%		27,698	6.62%
Bachelor's degree	43,262	11.00%		49,793	11.91%
Graduate or professional degree	21,764	5.60%		24,540	5.87%
Percent high school graduate or higher		65.80%			68.30%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher		16.60%			17.80%
Source: American Community Survey 2006 Updated: January 2008