The percentage of
ninth graders earning 10 or more credits in a year increased from 82 percent the previous year to 97 percent.
A state analysis found that only 37 percent of K12's Ohio
ninth graders earned diplomas within four years.
Not exact matches
An estimated 18 percent of
ninth -
graders in the district go on to
earn a bachelor's degree within 10 years of starting high school, according to a recent study by the University of Chicago's Consortium on School Research.
Studies find that as many as 60 percent of students who drop out within six years of starting high school didn't
earn a full year's worth of credits as
ninth -
graders.
Six of 10
ninth -
graders fail to
earn enough credits to advance to 10th grade, marking a «critical tipping point» for them, the application said.
For example, Connecticut's «on track to graduate» indicator measures the percentage of
ninth -
graders earning at least five full - year credits.9 Massachusetts, on the other hand, measures the percentage of students who fail a
ninth - grade course.10 Illinois uses a hybrid approach, counting students as on track if they
earn at least five full - year course credits in
ninth grade and no more than one semester F in a core course their first year of high school.11
Although more than 90 percent of the nation's
ninth graders expect to graduate from college, a report released Monday estimates that only 30 percent of California's high school freshmen will actually
earn a bachelor's degree.
It's far more rigorous, and more successful — it's helped Hillcrest realize a 10 percent gain in the number of
ninth -
graders on track to graduate — and completing the program
earns students up to $ 400 in cash.