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PGCPS graduation report: multilingual newcomers and pandemic-era disruptions shaped recent gains and variability
Summary
County and school officials presented a six‑year analysis showing overall graduation‑rate gains in 2024 but substantial variation by school and student group and a strong influence from recent increases in multilingual newcomers.
Prince George's County Public Schools officials and county staff briefed the Education, Workforce and Development Committee on June 30 on a six‑year analysis of high‑school graduation rates (2019–2024) that documents overall gains in 2024, large variation across individual schools and student subgroups, and a strong effect from recent immigration of multilingual newcomers.
Caleb Callender, an education and policy fellow who assembled the report for the committee, told members the report draws on Maryland Report Card data and breaks results down by school, gender, race/ethnicity and student service groups. Callender highlighted that four schools—Bowie High School; Charles Herbert Flowers High School; Frederick Douglass High School; and Gwen Park High School—had average graduation rates above 90% across the six‑year window.
Callender summarized countywide demographic patterns: female students have had…
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