Graduation Rate 2018 5Yr. Report



Cohort 2018 Five-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 2018 five-year cohort graduation rate is calculated as follows: # of students in cohort (denominator) who graduate in 5 years or less[# of 1st time entering 9th graders in 2014-15] - transfers out/deaths + transfers inThe 2018 five-year cohort graduation rate for Massachusetts public high schools was 89.7 percent which represented an increase of 1.9 percentage points from the four-year rate for the 2018 cohort. The 2017 five-year rate decreased by 0.4 percentage points when compared to the 2017 cohort five-year rate of 90.1 percent.Additional critical findings of the report include:African American males had a 2018 five-year graduation rate of 81.9% and that was 1.2 percentage points higher than their 2017 five-year graduation rate. Asian students had a five-year rate of 95.5 percent and this represented the highest among the major racial/ethnic categories.English learners had a 2018 five-year graduation rate that was 5.6 percentage points higher than their four-year rate and 0.7 percentage points higher than their 2015 five-year rate. Table 1. Cohort Graduation Rates 2008-20182008Cohort2009 Cohort2010 Cohort2011 Cohort2012 Cohort2013Cohort2014Cohort2015Cohort2016Cohort2017Cohort2018Cohort4-Yr Rate81.2%81.5%82.1%83.4%84.7%85.0%86.1%87.3%87.5%88.3%87.8%5-Yr Rate84.2%84.0%84.7%86.3%87.5%87.7%88.5%89.4%89.8%90.1%89.7%The following tables further summarize the five-year results for the 2018 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-Graduates2018Cohort #5-Year Rate2018 4-Yr DifferenceStill in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledAll Students74,64189.7%+1.92.1%1.7%1.0%5.5%0.0%Female36,56791.8%+1.51.5%1.6%0.9%4.3%0.0%Male38,05087.8%+2.52.6%1.8%1.1%6.7%0.0%ELL6,61269.7%+5.63.3%8.3%0.5%18.2%0.0%Econ.Dis.28,08381.0%+2.63.7%3.2%1.8%10.4%0.0%Students w/ Disabilities14,57176.4%+4.08.4%4.5%1.6%9.4%0.0%High Needs37,01981.4%+3.44.1%3.3%1.6%9.8%0.0%African American7,01984.5%+4.43.7%3.6%0.9%7.5%0.0%Asian4,60095.5%+1.21.2%0.8%0.5%2.0%0.0%Hispanic13,36577.6%+3.83.1%4.3%1.4%13.8%0.0%Multi-race, Non-Hisp.1,91088.7%+2.22.6%1.6%1.5%5.7%0.0%Native American15183.6%+0.21.3%3.9%2.0%9.2%0.0%Pacific Islander8293.9%+3.72.4%1.2%0.0%2.4%0.0%White47,51493.4%+1.21.6%0.8%1.0%3.2%0.0%Urban25,10881.2%+3.53.3%3.6%1.6%10.5%0.0%Table 3. Graduation Results for Race/Ethnicity Groups by GenderGraduatesNon-Graduates2018Cohort #5-Year Rate2018 4-Yr DifferenceStill in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledAfrican American Female3,41887.2%+3.42.9%3.6%0.7%5.9%0.0%African American Male3,59981.9%+5.44.4%3.7%1.2%9.1%0.1%Asian Female2,28996.7%+1.30.8%0.7%0.5%1.4%0.0%Asian Male2,30994.4%+1.21.6%0.9%0.6%2.6%0.0%Hispanic Female6,46681.9%+2.92.4%4.1%1.3%10.5%0.0%Hispanic Male6,89873.5%+4.53.7%4.5%1.5%16.9%0.0%Multi-race Female94689.7%+1.81.9%1.4%1.4%5.6%0.0%Multi-race Male96487.6%+2.43.3%1.8%1.6%5.8%0.1%Native American Female6888.2%+0.01.5%5.9%0.0%4.4%0.0%Native American Male8379.8%+1.31.2%2.4%3.6%13.1%0.0%Pacific Islander Female4797.9%+4.30.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%Pacific IslanderMale3588.6%+2.95.7%2.9%0.0%2.9%0.0%White Female23,33294.8%+0.91.1%0.7%0.9%2.6%0.0%White Male24,16292.1%+1.52.1%0.9%1.0%3.9%0.0%Table 4. Graduation Results for Students Receiving Special Education Services by GenderGraduatesNon-Graduates2018Cohort #5-Year Rate2018 4-Yr DifferenceStill in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledStudents w/ Disabilities Female5,46977.5%+3.77.4%5.0%1.9%8.4%0.0%Students w/ Disabilities Male9,09575.8%+4.38.9%4.1%1.4%10.1%0.0%Table 5. Graduation Results for Economically Disadvantaged Students by GenderGraduatesNon-Graduates2018Cohort #5-Year Rate2018 4-Yr DifferenceStill in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledEcon. Dis. Female13,56684.0%+1.82.9%3.1%1.8%8.3%0.0%Econ. Dis. Male14,50978.2%+3.34.5%3.3%1.9%12.3%0.0%Table 6. Graduation Results for High Needs StudentsGraduatesNon-Graduates2018Cohort #5-Year Rate2018 4-Yr DifferenceStill in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledHigh Needs Female16,97984.1%+2.93.1%3.3%1.6%8.0%0.0%High Needs Male20,02779.1%+3.94.9%3.3%1.6%11.2%0.0%Table 7. Graduation Results for English Language Learner StudentsGraduatesNon-Graduates2018Cohort #5-Year Rate2018 4-Yr DifferenceStill in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledELLFemale3,03674.2%+4.72.8%8.9%0.6%13.7%0.0%ELLMale3,57565.9%+6.33.8%7.9%0.5%22.0%0.1%ELL in Original Cohort3,79972.3%+3.14.8%6.9%0.6%15.3%0.1%ELL Entered Cohort after 10/1/142,81366.2%+8.93.5%11.3%0.4%18.6%0.0%Table 8. Graduation Results for Race/Ethnicity by English Language Learner StatusGraduatesNon-Graduates2018Cohort #5-Year Rate2018 4-Yr DifferenceStill in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledAfrican American ELL1,33076.9%+6.73.0%9.8%0.2%10.1%0.1%African American Non-ELL5,68986.3%+3.93.8%2.2%1.1%6.9%0.0%Asian ELL69290.3%+4.51.9%2.7%0.7%4.3%0.0%Asian Non-ELL3,90896.5%+0.71.1%0.5%0.5%1.6%0.0%Hispanic ELL3,95062.1%+5.63.9%9.1%0.7%24.4%0.0%Hispanic Non-ELL9,41584.1%+3.02.7%2.3%1.7%9.3%0.0%Multi-race ELL3281.3%+3.26.3%6.3%0.0%6.3%0.0%Multi-race Non-ELL1,87888.8%+2.12.6%1.5%1.5%5.7%0.0%Native American ELL1250.0%+0.00.0%25.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%Native American Non-ELL13986.3%+0.01.4%2.1%2.1%7.9%0.0%Pacific-Islander ELL6100%+0.00.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%Pacific Islander Non-ELL7693.4%+3.92.6%1.3%0.0%2.6%0.0%White ELL59080.2%+4.61.7%6.3%0.2%11.7%0.0%White Non-ELL46,92493.6%+1.21.6%0.7%1.0%3.1%0.0%Table 9. Graduation Results for Non-Mobile and Mobile StudentsGraduatesNon-GraduatesHigh Schools Attended2018Cohort #5-Year Rate2018 4-Yr DifferenceStill in SchoolNon-Grad CompleterHSEquiv.Dropped OutExpelledOne School54,83792.7%+1.31.5%1.4%0.6%3.9%0.0%Two Schools16,42885.3%+3.22.7%2.0%1.8%8.1%0.0%ThreeSchools2,67466.1%+7.47.2%4.9%3.6%18.1%0.1%Four or More Schools70251.6%+9.310.3%7.7%6.1%24.4%0.0%Table 10. Competency Determination (CD) Status for Select Non-Graduate Groups Still in School Dropped OutNumberCDNo CDNumberCDNo CDAll Students1,51233.9%66.1%2,33965.5%34.5%Female53632.6%67.4%93966.6%33.4%Male97631.1%68.9%1,39664.8%35.2%English Language Learner21523.3%76.7%39730.2%69.8%Econ. Dis.1,02030.6%69.4%1,69762.5%37.5%Students w/Disabilities1,19323.3%76.7%80957.8%42.2%High Needs1,46930.1%69.9%1,98561.7%38.3%African American24933.7%66.3%24560.4%39.6%Asian5422.2%77.8%6773.1%26.9%Hispanic39833.4%66.6%80048.3%51.7%Multi-race, Non-Hisp.4934.7%65.3%7368.5%31.5%Native American2757.1%42.9%Pacific Islander20White75830.7%69.3%1,04475.1%24.9%Table 11. Distribution of Graduation Rates in the Aggregate for Districts2018 Five-YearGraduation RateNumber of DistrictsPercentage of Districts< 50%72.3%50 - <60%10.3%60 - <70%31.0%70 - <80%165.3%80 - <85%3110.3%85 - <90%258.3%90 - <95%8829.1%95 – 100%13143.4%Total302100.0%Table 12. Distribution of Graduation Rates in the Aggregate for Schools2018 Five-YearGraduation RateNumber of SchoolsPercentage of Schools< 50%317.9%50 - <60%112.8%60 - <70%61.5%70 - <80%266.6%80 - <85%256.4%85 - <90%4210.7%90 - <95%8221.0%95 – 100%16843.0%Total391100.0% ................
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