High School Graduation

High School Graduation

DCYF’s third outcome goal related to education is that high school students graduate on time. Among 85,306 high school students in the 2023 cohort, 71,329 (84%) graduated on time.

Among that 2023 cohort, about half (45,070) are indicated as low-income students. Non-low-income students graduated at a rate of 91%. By comparison, 77% of low-income students graduated on time.

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Four Year Graduation Rate, by Income Group, School Years 2013-2023

  Combination clustered column chart and line graph comparing the four-year high school graduation rates of low-income and non-low-income students to the overall state rate, for the school years 2013-2023. Graduation rates for both income groups and the overall state rate have increased over the past ten years. For non-low-income students, the four-year graduation rate has increased from 88% in 2013-2014 to 91% in 2023-2024. For low-income students, the rate has increased from 66% to 76% over those years, while the overall four-year graduation rate rose from 77% to 83%
 
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