{"id":801,"date":"2019-02-06T19:06:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site2019.readyby21dashboardatx.org\/?page_id=801"},"modified":"2022-03-24T19:40:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:40:54","slug":"high-school-graduation-rate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canatx.org\/rb21\/outcome-academically-successful-and-workforce-ready-2\/high-school-graduation-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Graduation Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Graduating High School In 4 Years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

91% of Central Texas students graduate from high school in four years.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Indicator: % of Central Texas students who graduate from high school in four years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goal: Increase the percentage of Central Texas students who graduate from high school in four years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Target: 95% for the Class of 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key trends: Over a five year period, from 2013 to 2017, high school graduation rates in Central Texas have remained relatively unchanged, indicating that we are not on-track to achieving the community goal of a 95% high school graduation rate by 2023. From 2010 to 2019, improvements in the high school graduation rates have occurred for every racial and ethnic group, though achievement gaps remain. The greatest rate of improvement in graduation rates has been seen for Hispanic students. In the Class of 2010, only 76% of Hispanic students graduated. In the Class of 2019 89% of Hispanic students graduated from high school in four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

what the data tell us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Graduation rates have remained relatively stable over the past five years in Central Texas. Ninety percent of Central Texas students graduated in four years for the Class of 2017, and graduation rates have increased by 13% since the class of 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 Year Graduation Rate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Definition: Four year completion rate for grades 9-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Source: Texas Education Agency<\/a>, E3 Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Considerations: This data only includes students who graduated from high school in four years. It does not include students who received their GEDs. This data is not directly comparable to graduation rate data produced for prior graduation classes due to changes in data definitions by the Texas Education Agency. The Central Texas data includes 35 school districts and was aggregated by E3 Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the story behind the indicator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Graduation rates have remained relatively unchanged over the past 5 years in Central Texas and across  the state of Texas.  Ninety-one percent of Central Texas students and 90% of students in Texas graduated in four years for the Class of 2019. In 4 out of the past 5 years, the Central Texas  graduation rate exceeded Texas\u2019 graduation rate, and graduation rates have increased 24% since the class of 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disparities in graduation rates by race and ethnicity also exist. For the Class of 2019, 97% of Asian and 95% of White students in Central Texas graduated in four years, compared to 85% of African-American and 89% of Hispanic students. The gap between African-American and White students was 9% for the class of 2019, narrowed from 19% in the class of 2010. The gap between Hispanic and White students was 6% for the class of 2019, compared to 16% in the class of 2010. Even greater disparities emerge when this data is analyzed by gender. Click here<\/a> for an E3 report prepared for the Greater Austin Area My Brother\u2019s Keeper Initiative on this topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

some local efforts to improve this indicator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n