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PGCPS reports graduation gains and launches multiyear school renaming process
Summary
Superintendent House reported the class of 2024 graduation rate rose to just over 80%, highlighted subgroup gains, and announced a multiyear community engagement to evaluate and potentially rename several schools.
Superintendent House told the Board of Education on Feb. 27 that the class of 2024 graduation rate rose to just over 80%, a 5.6-percentage-point increase from the prior year, and highlighted notable subgroup improvements as the district begins a multiyear process to engage communities on renaming several schools.
House credited targeted supports for subgroup gains: Hispanic graduation rates increased from 59.7% to 71.3% (a roughly 11.6-point rise) and English learners rose by 14.6 points to 66.9%, while African American students…
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