Report 17.4 Postsecondary Status-Student List

(Updated 05/01/2026)

Description: Reports the details for students with disabilities identified in the Postsecondary (PSTS) survey outcome.

Report Type: Snapshot / Certification (EOY)

Security Roles SPED View

Data As Of:

  • Snapshot version EOY: July 1 - June 30 of reporting year

Basic selection criteria:

  • Students Included: Students with a qualifying Postsecondary Status (PSTS) record, qualifying enrollment

  • Qualifying PSTS Record:

    • Education Program Participation Code = Special Education (30) in the selected Academic Year at the Reporting LEA

  • Qualifying Enrollment:

    • Enrollment at the Reporting LEA overlapping the Fall 1 Graduate From Date to the Graduate Through Date of the prior year from the selected Academic Year (e.g., if PSTS AY = 2025-2026, then Fall 1 Graduate From/Through Date would be 8/16/2024 – 8/15/2025)

    • Enrollment Status Code = Primary Enrollment (10), Secondary Enrollment (20), Short-Term Enrollment (30)

  • Student Information (SINF), Student Program (SPRG) and Student English Language Acquisition (SELA) and Foster Youth data used for selecting student subgroups (e.g. Race/Ethnicity, Homeless, EL, etc.) are selected from the most recent record that overlaps the qualifying enrollment

Report Filters: Filters can be selected resulting in only totals for the selected filter being displayed – legend on bottom of last page of report states which filter/s were selected

  • Academic Year
  • LEA
  • Status
  • SELPA
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity/Race
  • Socio-Economically Disadvantaged
  • English Learner
  • Homeless Program Eligible
  • Foster
  • Armed Forces Family Member
  • Title I Part C Migrant
  • Postsecondary Status

Report Logic

Report 17.4 Screenshot


# Column Description
1 SPED Field 14.15 Reporting SELPA
2 SELPA Name Data element name from CALPADS Security Model
3 SENR Field 1.08 SSID
4 SENR Fields 1.10–1.12 Student Legal First, Middle, and Last Name
5 SPED Field 14.10 Local Special Education Student ID
6 SINF Field 2.19 Student Gender Code
7 Ethnicity/Race Identified using SINF fields 2.24 (Student Hispanic Ethnicity Indicator), 2.25 (Student Ethnicity Missing Indicator), 2.26–2.30 (Student Race 1–5 Code), and 2.31 (Student Race Missing Indicator) per the following rules:

1. If Field 2.24 = Y, always roll up to Hispanic, even if one or more races are selected or Field 2.31 = Y
2. If Field 2.25 = Y, roll up to Missing, even if one or more races are selected or Field 2.31 = Y
3. If Field 2.24 = N and Field 2.31 = Y, roll up to Missing
4. If Field 2.24 = N and Field 2.31 = N:
• Single race = 100 → American Indian or Alaska Native
• One or more Asian subgroups (201–208, 299, 400) and no other race category (100, 301–304, 399, 600, 700) → Asian
• One or more Hawaiian/Pacific Islander subgroups (301–304, 399) and no other race category (100, 201–208, 299, 400, 600, 700) → Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
• Single race = 600 → Black or African American
• Single race = 700 → White
• More than one of the above race categories → Multiple
8 SINF Field 2.18 Student Birth Date
9 PSTS Field 17.12 Postsecondary Status Code

Additional Resources

CALPADS File SpecificationsForm

Look for Special Education (SPED) tab for the fields indicated in the report logic.

CALPADS Data Guide

Provides additional information on Special Education adn Student Services.

CALPADS Code Sets

This document contains the current code values referenced in the file specifications for the coded value data elements. The code definitions are listed in this document.