More than three quarters, or 76.3 percent, of students who started high
school in 2007 graduated with their class in 2011. That is up 1.5 percentage
points from the 2010 graduation rate. Larger gains were seen among Hispanic and
African American students at 2.2 and 2.3 percentage points respectively, with
the biggest increase being among English learners at 3.8 percentage points. The
graduation rate for socioeconomically disadvantaged students climbed nearly 2
percentage points, from 68.1 to 70 percent.
"Every graduate represents a success story in one of the most
effective job and anti-poverty programs ever conceived, our public
schools," Torlakson said. "These numbers are a testament to the hard
work of teachers and administrators, of parents and, most of all, of the
students themselves. While they are a great illustration of all that is going
right in California schools, they should also remind us that schools need our
support to continue to improve so that every student graduates prepared for
college, a career, and to contribute to our state's future."
Beyond the 76.3 percent graduation rate and the 14.4 percent dropout
rate, the remaining 9.3 percent are students who are neither graduates nor
dropouts. Some are still enrolled in school (8.6 percent). Others are
non-diploma special education students (0.4 percent), and some elected to pass
a high school equivalency exam.
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