All news
Wisconsin is No. 1 in national graduation rate report
Posted: 5/12/2011 11:29:59 AM
From the State Department of Public Instruction:
Wisconsin leads the nation with a 90.7 percent graduation rate according to the recently released report, “Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008–09,” from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
“This is the second year in a row that Wisconsin has led the nation in public high school graduation rates, and our rate is up more than one percentage point from the previous year,” said State Superintendent Tony Evers. “In fact, according to the NCES, over the past five years of this report, Wisconsin has been first or second in graduation rate, growing by four percentage points. We should be proud of that accomplishment, and remain focused on reaching our goal of having every child graduate prepared for success.”
The report compares graduation rates across states, using the Public High School Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) pulled from the Common Core of Data at the U.S. Department of Education. (This calculation differs from what the Department of Public Instruction used for its recent graduation report.) While the overall U.S. graduation rate has been relatively stable, Wisconsin’s rate has steadily grown. The report also shows that Wisconsin’s high school dropout rate is 2.3 percent, which is tied for the 10th lowest in the nation.
For more on the report, click here.
