2009.10.20
Grad and drop-out rates for every high school in Virginia
Now in the DataSphere, the 2008 and 2009 graduation and drop-out rates for all Virginia high schools.
The 2009 data just came out today from the Virginia Department of Education, which we added to our existing database with the 2008 numbers.
Prior to that, Virginia calculated grad rates in a different way, so comparisons before that don't really wash. It's now called the "on-time graduation rate." There are break downs for subgroups including gender, race, homeless students, and more, and also break downs of diploma types.
Statewide, the grad rate improved from 82.1 percent to 83.2 percent. The drop out rate improved from 8.7 percent to 7.9 percent. Read the DOE news release here.
