District reports rising graduation rates, credits recovery and data-cleanup cited as contributors

District officials told the committee that the four-year high school completion rate rose to 71.6% for the class of 2025, up from 65.2% for the class of 2022. Natalie Collins, director of research, assessment and data, and John Hill of College and Career Readiness attributed the gains to a mix of interventions including credit recovery, dual enrollment, expanded academic supports, and data clean-up in Infinite Campus.

Collins explained that the district now uses the four-year adjusted cohort model (implemented statewide in 2010) and that recent improvements reflect work to meet a higher standard of transparency and measurement. She noted that Asian and multiracial student groups saw particularly strong completion rates this year and that districtwide gains were evident across multiple groups.

Public commenter Quintin Clabon urged the district to tie graduation-rate improvements to other statewide indicators such as attendance and suspension declines for clearer communications and suggested deeper reporting on credit recovery quality and ninth-grade course-failure risk as an early indicator of future graduation outcomes.

Board member Matt Chasen asked for more detail on data-quality processes in Infinite Campus and how student transfers or duplicate state IDs are identified and corrected. Collins described nightly transcript feeds, error reports, cross-departmental review of state WISE-network errors and weekly checks for credit- and graduation-related anomalies.

The presentation concluded with administration describing next steps to maintain gains, including leveraging grant-funded supports, early interventions to reduce first-time course failures, and expanded access to academic pathways and college-credit opportunities.