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Graduation rate holds near 69.4% as district examines English‑learner and on‑track indicators
Summary
John May told the David Douglas School Board on Feb. 13 that the district’s four‑year graduation rate for the cohort tied to the class of 2024 was 69.4%, down 3.4 percentage points from the prior year, and the five‑year completer rate stood at roughly 80.1%.
John May, the district’s data presenter, told the David Douglas School Board on Feb. 13 that the district’s 2023–24 cohort four‑year graduation rate was 69.4%, down 3.4 percentage points from the prior year, and that the five‑year completer rate for the same cohort was about 80.1%.
May explained the methodology the state uses: rates are cohort‑based and take time to finalize because the state’s adjusted cohort accounts for students who transfer in or out and for students who continue into a fifth year. He said the cohort under discussion experienced a disrupted ninth grade because of pandemic schedules and quarantine impacts, and that the state does not finalize rates until fall reporting is complete.
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