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Wichita Public Schools reports 84.3% graduation rate for Class of 2024, cites targeted programs and subgroup gains
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Wichita Public Schools officials told the City Council the Class of 2024 graduated at an 84.3% rate, up 5.1 percentage points from 2023; district leaders credited mentoring, targeted alternative programs and data work while council members asked about supports for homeless and foster students.
Wichita Public Schools officials on Tuesday told the City Council that the district’s graduation rate rose to 84.3% for the Class of 2024, a 5.1 percentage‑point increase from the class of 2023 and a 21.2 percentage‑point gain since February 2010.
“Now, we put a little asterisk by the 2020 because that was when the pandemic came,” Deputy Superintendent Gil Alvarez said, explaining cohort formulas and changes in state measurement. “But to see them persevere, to see the resiliency, to be able to get to an 84.3% was extremely amazing.”
The district framed the improvement as the product of an intentional strategy in its strategic plan that focuses on raising academic achievement and graduation rates, preparing students for life and improving safety and belonging. Lauren…
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