We've included some key data highlighting how dropout and
graduation rates compare nationally as well as on an individual state level.
Interact with the charts below to see how graduation rates for U.S. students, and different student populations, have changed over time and how your state's
graduation rate compares.
In the Chicago area, 12 of 13 charter public schools are outperforming traditional public schools on standards - based tests and averaging an 83 percent
graduation rate compared with the 62 percent rate of Chicago's other public high schools.
NAF boasts a 96 percent high school
graduation rate compared to the 80 percent graduation rate nationally.
In the Chicago area, 12 out of 13 charter public schools are outperforming traditional public schools on standards - based tests, and are averaging an 83 percent
graduation rate compared to 62 percent at Chicago's public high schools.
Most have very low high school
graduation rates compared with school systems outside of the cities — as much as a 50 percent difference.
Boston charter schools also have a lower dropout rate and higher
graduation rate compared to BPS.
A study performed by the California Policy Center revealed that Alliance schools have a 91.5 percent
graduation rate compared to LAUSD's 84.1 percent weighted average at schools within the same neighborhoods.
Not exact matches
When
compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher
graduation rates from high school.
New York's high school
graduation rate inched up last year, with 79.4 percent of students graduating last June
compared to 78.1 percent the year before.
Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, includnig student performance,
graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as
compared to the previous community board system.»
Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, including student performance,
graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as
compared to the previous community board system.»
According to state statistics, Syracuse's
graduation rate last year was 55 percent,
compared to 51 percent the year before.
THE BRONX — The city's
graduation rate has hit an all - time high with 72.6 percent of students graduating in four years
compared to 70.5 percent last year, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said Friday.
When
compared to earlier
graduation rates, the veracity of this dramatic increase seems even more unlikely.
Also in the study, Life Academy, which had a 2012
graduation rate of 71 percent,
compared to only 59 percent for that school district.
The plaintiffs claimed the state has low
graduation rates, frequent school violence, and low levels of education spending and teacher pay
compared to other states.
High - school students at K12 schools have an on - time
graduation rate of 49 percent,
compared to 79 percent at schools in the same states.
The report showed higher
graduation rates at the new schools
compared with their much larger predecessors.
As Starr pointed out in his memo to school board members, the alternative school programs»
graduation rate in SY2012 — 13 was just 8.9 percent
compared to the 88.3 percent
graduation rate for the county as a whole.
The initial government evaluation gathered data through 2008 - 09, so the
graduation rate analysis is only based on about 300 students (as
compared to 1,300 students from multiple grades included in the test - score analysis).
* Non-white and non-Asian parents were more likely than white and Asian parents both to choose «better education» as their top reason for choosing a private school (40.5 percent versus 23.7 percent) and to place high school
graduation rates and postsecondary information in their top two pieces of important decision - making information (54.1 percent
compared to 27 percent).
High school
graduation and college attendance
rates are substantially higher for participating minority students
compared to peers.
In addition, the LAUSD average 59 percent four - year
graduation rate was found to range widely by individual high school and by ethnicity, even when
comparing students of similar eighth - grade English performance.
Finally, an expert college counselor would advise a student to
compare colleges on the basis of their curricula, instructional resources, other resources (housing, extracurricular opportunities), and outcomes (such as
graduation rates).
Dropout and
graduation rates, grades, and many test scores show boys faring poorly
compared to girls.
Richard Whitmire: Dropout and
graduation rates, grades, and many test scores show boys faring poorly
compared to girls (see Figure 1).
Schools with nearly identical
graduation rates can differ by 50 or 60 points in terms of the percentage of graduates who go on to college (
compare all the dots in the red circle).
The data is even more startling for college
graduation rates: In 2016, just 38 percent of black students graduated from a four - year college or university in six years,
compared to 62 percent of white students.
An analysis by the EPE Research Center also shows that high school
graduation rates are 15 percentage points lower in the nation's urban schools when
compared with those located in the suburbs.
Supporters can credit the voucher program with improved reading scores and high school
graduation rates: 82 percent of students offered a voucher graduated from high school,
compared with 70 percent of those who lost the lottery.
Early evaluations showed that,
compared to statewide averages, students in these programs had higher
graduation rates and better pass
rates on the California High School Exit Exam.
Comparing boys to their sisters in a data set that includes more than 1 million children born in Florida between 1992 and 2002, the authors demonstrate a persistent gender gap in
graduation and truancy
rates, incidence of behavioral and cognitive disabilities, and standardized test scores.
I wanted to brag that our
graduation rate for African American and Hispanic males is the same as for the school overall — 84 percent and 81 percent, respectively,
compared to 59 percent and 65 percent nationally.
«They ended up attending high schools that were higher - performing, with higher attendance, better test scores, better
graduation rates, and did much better than students we
compared them to,» he says.
That debate often overlooks the considerable progress since then: a record - high national high school
graduation rate for 2014 - 2015, above 83 percent, and double the number of students performing at grade level in reading and math,
compared with 20 years ago.
The
graduation rate for male Black students in the Rochester City Schools for 2015 was 44 percent, of whom just 3 percent had Regents diplomas, as
compared to the 8 percent statewide average for the group.
A study by IDRA in 2017 found far higher dropout
rates and far lower
graduation rates for students in charter schools
compared to traditional public schools.
Students who attend alternative schools may graduate in five or six years instead of the four, which is the current figure that we are using to
compare graduation rates.
This study examined how
graduation and dropout
rates vary for five groups of students, classified by their English learner status, at the start of Grade 9 and also
compared the accuracy of early warning indicators for each group.
64 percent of HW - SC's students in the Rochester City School District's Class of 2010 graduated on time as
compared to Rochester City School District's overall
graduation rate of 51 percent.
The pre-K-through-12 school is one of the highest - ranking charter schools in the city, and has a 2014
graduation rate of 86 %
compared with the citywide average of 64 %.
The other factor is whether your school's score went up or down
compared with the previous year or a 3 - year average for
graduation rates.
In just one year (2012 — 13 data, as
compared with the previous year), the four - year
graduation rate jumped from 28 percent to 40 percent, and the dropout
rate decreased from 15 percent to 10 percent.
Below, I have provided a table which
compares Utah and its current elected State School Board model against the states which utilize Model IV in the following areas: ACT / SAT scores,
graduation rates,
graduation requirements, AP passage
rates, charter schools, public education climate for growing businesses, and closing the achievement gap.
Evidence from the study suggests that at - risk youth who have college educated mentors displayed increased high school
graduation rates, lower dropout
rates, and higher college enrollment
rates when
compared to non-mentored youth.
Given the shameful differences in the academic outcomes and
graduation rates of students of color
compared to many Asian and white students, one would expect policies and practices related to students» race and ethnicity to be high on the reform agenda.
If you are interested in
comparing your school's
graduation rate against an estimate that relies on federal data, you might consider the Promoting Power Index (PPI).
The
graduation rate based on parent - provided information was 82 percent for the treatment group
compared to 70 percent for the control group.
Texas Charter School System Suffers Low
Graduation Rates — The Class of 2016 saw
Graduation Rates of 62 % in Charter Schools
compared to 90 % in Traditional Public Schools