K-12 Pipeline Duration vs Retention

Executive summary

Adventist education is the single strongest institutional predictor of youth retention. A convergence of studies spanning four decades—CognitiveGenesis, Valuegenesis, the 10-Year Youth Retention Study, and multiple Lake Union Conference analyses—consistently demonstrates a dose-response relationship: more years in Adventist schools yield higher retention. The most striking data point comes from the Lake Union Conference study, which found 98.2% retention among youth who completed all 12 grades i...