Graduation Rate 2019 4Yr. Report



Cohort 2019 Four-Year Graduation Rates – State ResultsThe Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) calculates and reports graduation rates as part of overall efforts to improve educational outcomes for all students. The 2019 four-year cohort graduation rate is calculated as follows: # of students in cohort (denominator) who graduate in 4 years or less[# of 1st time entering 9th graders in 2015-16] - transfers out/deaths + transfers inThe 2019 four-year cohort graduation rate for Massachusetts public high schools increased by 0.2 percentage points to 88.0 percent from 87.8 percent for the 2018 cohort. 5.0 percent of the cohort is still enrolled in a Massachusetts public high school and will have an opportunity to be included in the five-year graduation rate. There are significant gaps in the graduation rates among subgroups. Among the major race and ethnicity subgroup rates, there is a 20.8 percentage point difference between the highest and lowest, belonging to Asian and Hispanic students. This difference is 0.3 percentage points higher than in 2018.Additional critical findings of the report include:The dropout rate for the 2019 cohort was 5.3 percent and this represents an increase of 0.4 percentage points from the 2018 cohort.5.0 percent of the 2019 cohort is still enrolled in high school.The four-year graduation rate for English learners in the 2019 cohort increased by 0.5 percentage points as compared to English learners in the 2018 cohort.Table 1. Cohort Graduation Rates 2008-2019 2008Cohort2009 Cohort2010 Cohort2011 Cohort2012 Cohort2013Cohort2014Cohort2015Cohort2016Cohort2017Cohort2018Cohort2019Cohort4-Yr Rate81.2%81.5%82.1%83.4%84.7%85.0%86.1%87.3%87.5%88.3%87.8%88.0%5-Yr Rate84.2%84.0%84.7%86.3%87.5%87.7%88.5%89.4%89.8%90.1%89.7%N/AThe following tables and graphs further summarize the results for the 2019 cohort. The results are based on data submitted by school districts through the Department's Student Information Management System.Table 2. Graduation Results for All Students and Student SubgroupsGraduatesNon-Graduates2019Cohort #14-Year RateDifference from 2018Still in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledAll Students75,06788.0%+0.25.0%1.2%0.5%5.3%0.0%Female36,72790.7%+0.33.6%1.0%0.4%4.2%0.0%Male38,30685.5%+0.26.3%1.3%0.5%6.4%0.0%EnglishLearner7,34564.6%+0.511.9%6.2%0.3%16.9%0.0%Eco. Dis.28,45078.5%+0.18.6%2.0%0.9%10.0%0.0%Students w/ Disabilities14,79973.9%+1.514.2%2.7%0.7%8.4%0.0%High Needs38,11678.8%+0.89.1%2.2%0.7%9.2%0.0%African American7,18079.9%-0.29.7%2.7%0.5%7.2%0.0%Asian4,79395.2%+0.92.8%0.5%0.3%1.2%0.0%Hispanic14,04374.4%+0.69.2%3.1%0.6%12.6%0.0%Multi-race, Non-Hisp.2,13587.6%+1.15.5%1.0%0.4%5.4%0.0%Native American16983.4%+0.07.1%0.6%1.8%7.1%0.0%Pacific Islander7885.9%-4.35.1%5.1%0.0%3.8%0.0%White46,66992.6%+0.43.2%0.4%0.4%3.2%0.0%Urban25,44377.6%-0.1%8.8%2.6%0.7%10.2%0.0%Table 3. Graduation Results for Race/Ethnicity Groups by GenderGraduatesNon-Graduates2019Cohort #4-Year RateDifference from 2018Still in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledAfrican American Female3,56484.9%+1.16.7%2.3%0.3%5.8%0.0%African American Male3,61675.0%-1.512.6%3.1%0.7%8.6%0.0%Asian Female2,41696.7%+1.31.8%0.5%0.1%0.8%0.0%Asian Male2,37793.6%+0.43.7%0.6%0.4%1.6%0.0%Hispanic Female6,72579.1%+0.17.5%2.8%0.7%9.9%0.0%Hispanic Male7,31570.0%+1.010.7%3.4%0.6%15.1%0.0%Multi-race Female1,09590.2%+2.33.7%1.2%0.3%4.6%0.0%Multi-race Male1,03985.0%-0.27.3%0.9%0.6%6.3%0.0%Native American Female8379.5%-8.76.0%1.2%2.4%10.8%0.0%Native American Male8687.2%+7.78.1%0.0%1.2%3.5%0.0%Pacific Islander Female2885.8%-7.83.6%3.6%0.0%7.1%0.0%Pacific IslanderMale4985.7%+0.06.1%6.1%0.0%2.0%0.0%White Female22,81694.4%+0.52.2%0.4%0.4%2.5%0.0%White Male23,82491.0%+0.44.1%0.5%0.5%3.9%0.0%Table 4. Graduation Results for Students Receiving Special Education Services by GenderGraduatesNon-Graduates2019Cohort #4-Year RateDifference from 2018Still in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledStudents w/ Disabilities Female5,43976.6%+2.812.5%2.8%0.6%7.6%0.0%Students w/ Disabilities Male9,34872.4%+0.915.2%2.7%0.7%8.9%0.0%Table 5. Graduation Results for Economically Disadvantaged Students by GenderGraduatesNon-Graduates2019Cohort #4-Year RateDifference from 2018Still in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledEco. Dis. Female13,65082.7%+0.56.6%1.7%0.8%8.2%0.0%Eco. Dis. Male14,78774.7%-0.210.4%2.2%1.0%11.7%0.1%Table 6. Graduation Results for High Needs Students by GenderGraduatesNon-Graduates2019Cohort #4-Year RateDifference from 2018Still in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledHigh Needs Female17,42482.5%+1.37.1%2.1%0.7%7.7%0.0%High Needs Male20,67175.6%+0.410.7%2.4%0.8%10.4%0.0%Table 7. Graduation Results for English Language Learner Students by GenderGraduatesNon-Graduates2019Cohort #4-Year RateDifference from 2018Still in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledELLFemale3,37670.3%+0.810.0%6.0%0.2%13.5%0.0%ELLMale3,96959.8%+0.213.6%6.4%0.3%19.9%0.0%Table 8. Graduation Results for Race/Ethnicity by English Language Learner StatusGraduatesNon-Graduates2019Cohort #4-Year RateDifference from 2018Still in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledAfrican American ELL1,42370.4%+0.212.1%8.2%0.1%9.1%0.0%African American Non-ELL5,75782.2%-0.29.1%1.3%0.6%6.7%0.0%Asian ELL69689.2%+3.45.6%2.3%0.3%2.6%0.0%Asian Non-ELL4,09796.2%+0.42.3%0.2%0.3%1.0%0.0%Hispanic ELL4,47257.7%+1.213.4%6.8%0.3%21.8%0.0%Hispanic Non-ELL9,57182.2%+1.17.2%1.4%0.8%8.4%0.0%Multi-race ELL4475.0%-3.14.5%4.5%0.0%16.0%0.0%Multi-race Non-ELL2,09187.9%+1.25.5%1.0%0.4%5.2%0.0%Native American ELL1478.6%+28.67.1%7.1%0.0%7.1%0.0%Native American Non-ELL15583.9%-2.97.1%0.0%1.9%7.1%0.0%Pacific-Islander ELL1172.7%-27.39.1%9.1%0.0%9.1%0.0%Pacific Islander Non-ELL6788.1%-1.44.5%4.5%0.0%15.9%0.0%White ELL68572.0%-3.68.9%2.3%0.3%16.5%0.0%White Non-ELL45,98493.0%+0.53.1%0.4%0.4%3.0%0.0%GraduatesNon-GraduatesHigh Schools Attended2019Cohort #4-Year RateDifference from 2018Still in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledOne School61,11691.8%+0.43.1%1.1%0.3%3.7%0.0%Two Schools11,65076.1%-2.311.3%1.5%0.9%10.2%0.0%ThreeSchools1,77151.9%-5.821.7%2.5%2.7%21.2%0.0%Four or More Schools53039.2%-3.127.2%3.2%4.0%26.2%0.2%Table 9. Graduation Results for Non-Mobile and Mobile StudentsTable 10. Competency Determination (CD) Status for Select Non-Graduate GroupsStill in School Dropped Out NumberCDNo CDNumberCDNo CDAll Students3,73750.9%49.1%1,93761.4%38.6%Female1,33849.6%50.4%79065.2%34.8%Male2,39754.1%45.9%1,14458.7%41.3%English Language Learner87742.0%58.0%39126.3%73.7%Econ Dis.2,44050.2%49.8%1,41858.0%42.0%Students w/ Disabilities2,10438.7%61.3%64755.3%44.7%High Needs3,45348.1%51.9%1,63957.3%42.7%African American69548.3%51.7%19056.3%43.7%Asian13351.1%48.9%3568.6%31.4%Hispanic1,28947.5%52.5%70643.6%56.4%Multi-race, Non-Hisp.11861.0%39.0%7464.9%35.1%Native American1225.0%75.0%4Pacific Islander22White1,48654.4%45.6%88375.8%24.2%Table 11. Distribution of Graduation Rates in the Aggregate for Districts2019 Four-YearGraduation RateNumber of DistrictsPercentage of Districts< 50%82.6%50 - <60%10.3%60 - <70%31.0%70 - <80%278.9%80 - <85%165.3%85 - <90%4113.6%90 - <95%8026.5%95 – 100%12641.7%Total302100.0%Table 12. Distribution of Graduation Rates in the Aggregate for Schools2019 Four-YearGraduation RateNumber of SchoolsPercentage of Schools< 50%389.5%50 - <60%112.8%60 - <70%61.5%70 - <80%348.5%80 - <85%225.5%85 - <90%4310.8%90 - <95%7919.8%95 – 100%16741.8%Total400100.0% ................
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