2010-11 High School Graduation Rates by District

The U.S. Department of Education is now requiring districts and states to report the four-year graduation rate, which measures the percent of students who graduate in four years.

The four-year graduation rate is calculated differently than the way the state has calculated the rate in the past.

The old graduation rate was the number of graduates divided by the number of graduates plus the number of dropouts for that class.

Old rate: (Graduates / (9-12 Cohort Dropouts + Graduates)) x 100

Example: (209 graduates / 21 dropouts + 209 graduates) x 100 = 90.9%

The new rate includes the number of students who graduate in four years with a regular high school diploma, divided by the number of students who are in that cohort group.

New rate: (Cohort Graduates / (Total number of students in cohort-number of students who transfered out or dropped out)) x 100

Example: (202 graduates / (266-30)) x 100 = 85.6%

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2010-11

New 4-year Grad Rate

Old Grad Rate State of Missouri
79.5
86.4 St. Charles County

86.4
90.5 83.9 89 88.2 90.7
85.3 92.8 Fort Zumwalt Hope 46 82.8  91.3
97 84.9 93.1 Francis Howell Central 87.8 93.1
89.8
91.4 88.2 89.4 
85.6
90.9 71.7 79  84.5
90.0 West St. Louis County

 80.7
90.7 Fern Ridge High 53.3 78.4 
87.6
96.5 Parkway Central 86 94.4 84.9 93.8 90.5 93.5 91.5
96.2 90.1 96.4

Marquette

91.3 93.7

Rockwood Summit

90.5 93