High School graduation /dropout rates??

[Beeman]

Does anyone have a link to HS graduation/dropout rates by states and county? I can only find older news articles for TN and it's not pretty, about 54% a few years ago.

[BeckyW]

Usually if you go to the school district website you can find their reports. It is on the mandated state reports each year as well as incidents at schools including weapons, drugs, all kinds of info that includes demographics, test scores, etc. Often it is on each high school website as well.

If the district you are looking at hasn't posted it, you can request a copy/summary and they are obligated to give it to you. It is public information.
BW

[Ken Scharabok]

http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.or...ts/hsgrad.html

These statistics were as of 2005, probably the latest available. Grim. In TN only about 56% of students who enter the 9th grade actually graduate. TN is, however, typical of the Southeast in general.

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

A chance to brag about wisconsin the birth place of kindergarden

http://www.weac.org/News/2002-03/feb03/dropout.htm

90% graduation rate it's a shame milwakee keeps holding us down
the rest of the state is up around 96%

[Ken Scharabok]

The cite I found say it is 79% statewide in 2005 - lots different than the 90% you cite and probably more in line with this statement in your cite:

"The dropout rate in Milwaukee Public Schools fell from 10.536% in 2000-01 to 8.961% percent in 2001-02, while the MPS graduation rate rose from 54.73% in 2000-01 to 60.13% in 2001-02. The dropout rate for African-American and Hispanic students declined over the last year while the graduation rate for those students increased in both Milwaukee and throughout the state."

Each state likely has their own method for determining the rate of high school drop-outs. For exampe including those who graduate in five years vs the standard four. Some likely count a GED as a graduate.

From what I can tell the cite I found used the same standards for each state.