Sentences with phrase «year graduation rate drops»

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Also, while graduation rates have increased among certain groups, others are lagging behind such as English Language Learners (ELL's), whose rates dropped by 5 percent this year.

The graduation rate increased each year until 2011, when the rate dropped from 61 percent to 60.9 percent.

Last year, the district - wide graduation rate rose above 50 percent for the first time in several years, drop - out rates have been falling and schools days have already been extended through the Say Yes to Education program.

«It's a bittersweet situation, I think we have a person that has poured themselves into the Syracuse City School District over the last five years and have helped us move forward in terms of improving graduation rates, decreasing drop - out rates and getting our schools off the receivership list,» Dorsey said.

It's true that our graduation rates have risen significantly in recent years, and it's almost surely the case that the students who would have dropped out a decade ago but are now sticking it out to get their diplomas are among the lowest performing kids.

The Oakland Unified School District has scored another big grant from a technology company to help expand its computer science and math curriculum — a move designed to accelerate graduation rates in a district that has seen 40 percent of its students drop out of school in recent years.

Boasting a 75 percent graduation rate, the Academy has also allowed the district to retain approximately $ 27,000 per year for students who might otherwise have dropped out.

Kelly Edington, head of the Idaho Virtual Academy, released a statement sharing that virtual schools serve only about one percent of public school students in the state (1.7 or so), and pointed to the new federal guidelines requiring a four - year cohort graduation calculation as the reason for the overall drop in graduation rates from previous years.

Evers also laid out improvements since the 2009 - 10 school year, including an increasing graduation rate, fewer students dropping out of high schools, fewer students being suspended or expelled and a dropping truancy rate.

Tennessee will also track an extended five - year graduation rate and the drop - out rate to encourage schools to continue to serve students who need more time to graduate.

Thus, the fluctuation in that graduation rate can be difficult to control, and it is expected to fall this year — in short, Cohen's B may drop to a high C this year.

It also projects that the four - year graduation rate would drop from 75 percent to 53 percent.

This year we had the lowest drop out rate and the highest graduation rate since,,, ever.