The share of high school graduates increased to 74.9 percent, up from about 72.6 percent in 2020-2021.
D.C. saw a two percentage-point bump in its four-year graduation rate during the 2021-2022 school year, a third consecutive year of growth after years of fluctuation, city leaders announced Tuesday.
D.C.'s graduation rate continued to inch forward between 2020 and 2021, a time when schools had been upended by the pandemic and at least 20 states throughout the country saw declines,With the most recent data, some districts have also reported graduation rate growth — including, where 82.9 percent of students graduated in 2022, compared with 80.2 percent the year prior.
Students with disabilities saw the greatest gains: The share of graduates jumped four percentage points, from 54 percent to more than 58 percent.Meanwhile, however, graduation rates for Hispanic and Latino students dropped, from 69.8 percent to 68.4 percent. Students who are learning English suffered the largest loss, from 59.7 percent to 54.3 percent of students graduating within four years.
“This has been a slow and steady process for us,” Ferebee said, adding that in 2019, just under two-thirds of students were graduating on time. The district has since made changes, including hiring a graduation manager, introducing a high school, college and career guide for middle-schoolers, expanding opportunities for students to regain credits and providing more academic support to ninth-graders.
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