The Performance Measures for Student Success Report is the North Carolina Community College System’s major accountability document. This annual performance report is based on data compiled during the previous year and serves to inform colleges and the public on the performance of our 58 community colleges.
The current list of measures includes:
Baselines and Excellence Levels
Baseline levels are set two standard deviations below the system’s average index score and excellence levels are set one standard deviation above the system’s average index scores. The average band is within 0.5 standard deviations above or below the average index score.
| Measure | State Excellence Level | System Mean | TCCC 2024 Result | TCCC 2025 Result |
| Basic Skills Progress | 1.225 | 1.033 | 1.108 (Above Average) | 1.280 (Excellence) |
| Credit English Success | 1.081 | 0.928 | 1.436 (Excellence) | 1.041 (Above Average) |
| Credit Math Success | 1.115 | 0.883 | 1.253 (Excellence) | 1.175 (Excellence) |
| First Year Progression | 1.063 | 1.002 | 1.087 (Excellence) | 1.025 (Below Average) |
| Curriculum Completion Rate | 1.086 | 0.976 | 1.042 (Below Average) | 1.019 (Below Average) |
| Licensure Pass Rate Index | 1.086 | 0.975 | 0.900 (Baseline) | 1.063 (Above Average) |
| College Transfer Performance | 1.056 | 0.976 | 0.875 (Below Baseline) | 0.914 (Baseline) |
Graduation Data
| 2013-2020 Cohort | 2014-2021 Cohort | 2015-2022 Cohort | 2016-2023 Cohort | 2017-2024 Cohort | |
| National Cohort Graduate Percentage | 40.80% | 40.30% | 42.20% | 43.10% | 43.40% |
| TCCC Threshhold of Acceptability | 40.80% | 40.30% | 42.20% | 43.10% | 43.40% |
| TCCC Goal | 42.80% | 42.30% | 44.20% | 45.10% | 45.40% |
| TCCC Outcome | 29.97% | 41.10% | 44.72% | 53.97% | 48.42% |
