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Lake County reports preliminary 92% graduation rate; CLT and night school credited for gains
Summary
District presenter Frances Hells told the school board the preliminary 2024 four‑year graduation rate is 92% (91.7% unrounded), improved about 2 percentage points from the prior year, driven largely by students using the CLT concordant exam and expanded night school offerings. Official state rates were not yet published.
Miss Frances Hells, a district staff member, gave the board a preliminary update on Lake County Schools’ 2024 four‑year graduation rate and said the official state figures were not yet published.
“The official rates have not come out from the state yet. We expect them any day,” Hells said. She reported an overall graduation rate of 92% for the 2024 school year (91.7% unrounded) and said the figure will count toward the district’s current school‑grade calculations once the state posts final data.
Hells explained the metric is an adjusted‑cohort four‑year rate. She described how students who transfer out of the district (to another district, private or home education, adult education, or another state) are removed from the cohort so the district’s rate reflects only students who remained in the adjusted cohort. She emphasized the rate is a “lag factor” that…
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