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Originally Posted by foodcritic  Here is a gem of a story....with all the AP Chemistry stories floating around it seems that a quite large amount of students can't get thru skol EVEN with the known social promotion that goes on. 21 y/o and still in skool that is scary.....our tax dollars at work. I am glad I home school.  Two in five didn’t graduate on time
Many students don’t earn diplomas in four years here
Friday, June 20, 2008
By JESSE YEATMAN
Staff writer
A newly released report shows that only three out of five students graduated on time from St. Mary’s public schools in 2005.
St. Mary’s graduation rate dropped almost 10 points to 59.6 percent for the 2004-2005 school year compared to the previous year, according to the Diplomas Count report from Editorial Projects in Education, publisher of the newspaper Education Week.
This figure is from the most recent year listed in the report. It indicates how many students graduate high school on time in four years. The report uses a formula that looks at attrition rates from one grade level to the next in high school. Rates varied widely across the state and averaged 73.6 percent for 2005. Two in five didn’t graduate on time Who’s finishing high school on time
High school graduation rates St. Mary’s Maryland U.S. 2005 59.6% 73.6% 70.6% 2004 69.2% 74.7% 70.0% 2003 66.0% 74.4% 69.7% 2002 67.3% 76.7% 69.4%
When they fell behind
The grades when those who failed to graduate in four years fell behind their peers in the Class of 2005 St. Mary’s National 9th 42.4% 33.0% 10th 19.1% 26.5% 11th 16.2% 19.9% 12th 22.4% 20.7% |
How come their School Performance Report listed by the state of Maryland at the link below shows that we have a 2.73% dropout rate???? Or a graduation rate in grade 12 of 87%????
I was shocked when I read the paper because I have a child in high school and had investigated the drop out rate last year. They skew the statistic (of 2.73% dropout rate) by measuring the number of dropouts against the entire high school population, grades 9 - 12. Even accounting for that, you do not end up with 40 percent dropping out. What is going on with these statistics, and who is right??? Where did that article get their statistics? I'd like to see it for myself! If the article is right, the school district is full of it on their performance report. The link for the performance report is:
2007 Maryland Report Card: Saint Mary's County