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District presents college and career readiness update: graduation dips, AP and internship participation rising
Summary
Superintendent and staff presented data showing a recent dip in the four‑year graduation rate after a prior rise, alongside increases in advanced coursework participation, AP exam scores, FAFSA completion, and work‑based learning and pathway development.
District staff presented a college and career readiness update to the School Committee on Sept. 18 that combined student outcome data with programmatic developments. Pam Matheson and Dr. Rose Boulet highlighted a rise in the district’s four‑year graduation rate through 2022 to 85 percent, followed by a decline between 2022 and 2024 that amounted to 55 fewer graduates in the most recent year. "In 2022, we're at 85 percent," Pam Matheson said, and staff acknowledged the dip since then.
Staff also reported a 171‑student increase in 11th‑ and 12th‑grade participation in advanced coursework in 2024 and steady growth in AP exam performance and unique test takers between 2021 and 2025. Matheson summarized the AP…
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