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Stockton Unified reports 84.7% four-year graduation rate, outlines credit-recovery strategy
Summary
District staff reported a districtwide four-year graduation rate of 84.7% for the class of 2024, described data-cleaning that reduced apparent dropouts and highlighted expanded credit- and grade-recovery programs, Titan academies and a plan to improve counselor data access with Mesa on Time.
Brian Deerman, director of Educational Services, told the board the district’s four-year cohort graduation rate for 2024 was 84.7 percent, a rise from prior years that staff attribute to targeted interventions and improved data management. "Our rate for last year 84.7," Deerman said, and his presentation credited focused credit recovery, extended-year programming and data clean-up that reclaimed students misclassified as dropouts.
The presentation described school-level strategies: Franklin and Chavez were highlighted for intensive interventions (before- and after-school supports, home visits, Titan academies for mastery learning and summer credit-recovery options). Deerman said the district’s expanded programs included synchronous tutoring hours, evening Zoom sessions and online platforms (Apex, CyberHigh, Ed Options) to let students complete assessments and demonstrate mastery without repeating entire courses.
Deerman also emphasized recent data work that corrected cohort counts. He cited an instance where 187 districtwide dropouts were reviewed and "not 187" after data reconciliation with student records and transfer documentation. Trustees heard that Chavez cleared data issues to report a near-90 percent outcome once transfers and recovered records were reconciled.
What the board asked: trustees pressed on how credit recovery functions in practice, how parents receive Individual Graduation Plans (IGPs) and how counselors will get timely information. Deerman described IGPs stored in the district platform with a parent-signature function, and said Mesa on Time is being adopted to give counselors a two-click view of caseloads and off-track students so interventions occur in real time rather than months later.
Why it matters: district staff said algebra 1 remains the single biggest predictor of high-school success and that real-time monitoring, targeted supports and parent engagement are central to continuing the district’s upward trend. Deerman said system coherence across technology, counseling and instruction is critical for a target of 90 percent cohort graduation by 2029.
The presentation was informational; trustees asked questions and no formal board action on this presentation was required at the meeting.
