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Graduation rate rebounds to 77% in 2024; district lays out strategies to reach 80% by 2029
Summary
District officials reported a rise in the four-year graduation rate from 68% (2023) to 77% (2024) and described interventions—credit recovery, internships, expanded advisory and course planning—aimed at returning to pre-pandemic levels for all student groups.
The St. Paul Public Schools board heard an update on Aug. 19 showing the district’s four-year graduation rate rose to 77% for the class of 2024, up from 68% in 2023 and back toward 2019 pre-pandemic levels.
Senior Executive Officer Collins presented the district’s five-year goal: increase the four-year graduation rate from 68% in 2023 to 80% in 2029. Collins said the 2024 improvement reverses three years of decline and attributed gains to work by staff, credit-recovery expansion, internships and…
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