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PPS graduation rate dips to 82.5% for Class of 2025; postsecondary readiness edges up to 71.7%
Summary
District data show a three-year decline in four-year graduation rates to 82.5% for the Class of 2025 while postsecondary readiness rose to 71.7%; staff proposed "Project Graduation" targeted supports and emphasized that time in the district strongly correlates with graduation outcomes.
District accountability leaders presented Class of 2025 outcomes to the board on Feb. 24, reporting a four-year cohort graduation rate of 82.5%, a 1.4-percentage-point decline from 2024 and the third consecutive year of decline. Renard Adams, the district's chief accountability and equity officer, said the metric is calculated using ninth-grade cohorts and cautioned that cohort accounting is more complex than a simple numerator/denominator calculation.
Adams and the academic team highlighted subgroup patterns: students with…
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