The fact that we have a four-year (cohort) graduation rate of 68 percent does not mean that we have a dropout rate of 32 percent. According to DPI, “A total of 5,413 students were known to still be enrolled in high school at the end of the year and did not receive a diploma. Given that approximately 15 percent of ninth graders are retained each year, some of those students likely will graduate in five years or more.”
Also be aware that our dropout rate was 5 percent last year, of which 12 percent enrolled in a community college to earn a GED.
