High School Graduation

DCYF’s third outcome goal related to education is that high school students graduate on time. Among 85,240 high school students in the 2022 cohort, 70,121 (82%) graduated on time.

Among that 2022 cohort, about half (43,997) are indicated as low-income students. Non-low-income students graduated at a rate of 94%. By comparison, 84% of low-income students graduated on time.

Of youth receiving Juvenile Rehabilitation services during the 2005-2006 school year who were enrolled in ninth grade, 9 percent graduated on time (2008-2009) and an additional 5 percent graduated within the following two years.

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Four Year Graduation Rate, by Income Group, Classes of 2013-2022

 

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Four Year Graduation Rate, by Income Group, Classes of 2013-2022

Source: Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (2023). Report card graduation [2013-2022]. https://data.wa.gov/education/Report-Card-Graduation-2014-15-to-Most-Recent-Year/9dvy-pnhx
Notes: Graduation rates are calculated using the “adjusted cohort” methodology. This method tracks a group of students entering ninth grade for the first time and tracks them over time, not relying on estimates.