New York City Graduation Rates

Class of 2014 (2010 Cohort)

NYC Graduation and Dropout Rates Over Time

The 2014 graduation rate is based on the cohort of students starting 9th grade in 2010.

Percentage of Graduates

Percentage of Dropouts

2013 to 2014: 2.4% point increase

2013 to 2014: 0.9% point decrease

60.7
52.8
46.5

49.1

56.4

62.7

65.1 65.5 64.7 66.0

61.0 60.9 60.4 61.3

59.0

68.4
64.2

22.0

Class of '05 Class of '06 Class of '07 Class of '08 Class of '09 Class of '10 Class of '11 Class of '12 Class of '13 Class of '14
(01 Cohort) (02 Cohort) (03 Cohort) (04 Cohort) (05 Cohort) (06 Cohort) (07 Cohort) (08 Cohort) (09 Cohort) (10 Cohort)

4-Year Rate

18.5

15.8

13.5 11.8 12.0 12.1

11.4

10.6

9.7

Class of '05 Class of '06 Class of '07 Class of '08 Class of '09 Class of '10 Class of '11 Class of '12 Class of '13 Class of '14
(01 Cohort) (02 Cohort) (03 Cohort) (04 Cohort) (05 Cohort) (06 Cohort) (07 Cohort) (08 Cohort) (09 Cohort) (10 Cohort)

4-Year Rate w/
August

Drop Out Rate

Note: August graduate data for 4-year outcomes are only available for the 2004-2010 cohorts.

NYC Graduation and Dropout Rates Over Time

70.4 70.8 71.0 71.4

68.1

65.5
62.0
58.2

60.7

59.7

48.0 48.0 48.3 48.4

68.4
65.1 65.5 64.7

66.0

62.7
64.2

53.4 54.3
51.0 50.0

73.6

59.0

51.0 50.8
49.7 50.1 49.9

61.0 60.9 60.4 61.3

56.4

52.8
49.1
46.5

20.2 19.9 20.8 19.2

19.0 20.0 18.9
19.0

17.1

15.1 14.1
13.8 14.3

Class of 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
NYC Traditional
Calculation

August Graduation
Rate - NYS Method

June Graduation
Rate - NYS Method

NYC Discharge
Rate

Notes: NYC traditional calculation includes Local and Regents Diplomas, GEDs, Special Education diplomas, and August graduates. It does not include
disabled students in self-contained classrooms or District 75 students. The NYS calculation, used since 2005, includes Local and Regents Diplomas and all
students with disabilities. It does not include GEDs and Special Education diplomas. NYC traditional calculation graduation and discharge rates are preliminary.

NYCFour-,
Four, Five-,
Five, and
Year Graduation
NYC
andSix
Six-Year
GraduationRates
Rates
4-Year Rate

60.7
52.8
46.5

49.1

62.7

5-Year Rate

65.1 65.5 64.7 66.0

68.4

66.1
62.6

61.0 60.9 60.4 61.3

67.8

69.4 70.2 69.5

72.5
69.2

70.9

73.2 73.0 72.7

65.6

71.4

58.8

64.2
59.0

67.8

70.4 71.1 70.6

6-Year Rate

61.8
58.5

55.7

56.4

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort

4-Year Grad Rate

5-Year Grad Rate

4-Year Grad Rate with August

5-Year Grad Rate with August

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort

6-Year Grad Rate

Note: August graduate data are only available for 4-year graduation rates for 2004-2010 cohorts and 5-year
graduation rates for the 2006-2009 cohorts.

Graduation Rates by Diploma Type Over Time

Minimum Graduation Requirements:
5 Regents exams at 55 or higher

2 Regents
exams at
65+ and 3
exams at
55+

60.7%*

62.7%

3 Regents
exams at
65+ and 2
exams at
55+

4 Regents
exams at
65+ and 1
exam at
55+

65.1%

65.5%

5 Regents exams at 65+

68.4%

64.7%

66.0%

61.5%

62.6%

3.2%

3.4%

4.1%

2012

2013

2014

52.8%
46.5%

49.1%

42.6%
30.0%

33.7%

16.6%

15.4%

2005

2006

46.2%

51.2%

55.6%

37.1%

15.6%

2007

18.0%

2008

16.5%

2009
Advanced and
Regents Diploma

13.9%

2010

64.3%

9.9%

2011

Local Diploma

Note: The overall rate may not equal the sum of each diploma type due to rounding.
*First year reporting August outcomes. August graduate data for 4-year outcomes are only available for the 2004-2010 cohorts. 5

Four-Year Graduation and Dropout Rates By Ethnicity

Asian Students
Percentage of Graduates
77.6
66.3 67.1

74.1

Percentage of Dropouts

80.1

82.4 82.9 82.1 81.1 82.6

76.8

78.9 79.3 79.1 77.4 79.4

71.8

Hispanic Students
Percentage of Graduates

53.3

37.4

40.1

43.5
48.7

Percentage of Dropouts

55.9

58.2 59.0 57.5 58.9

51.8

53.9 53.9 52.7 53.6

61.4

56.6

27.0
23.1
13.1 11.9

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

9.6

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

Percentage of Dropouts

47.8
40.1

42.9

51.4

53.9

55.9 55.3 55.0 56.0

12.7

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

Percentage of Graduates
74.8

55.9 57.8

15.0 15.1 15.3 14.7 13.7

White Students

Black Students

60.6 60.4 59.8 61.2

17.6

7.4 5.9 6.2 5.9 5.6 6.3 5.8

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

Percentage of Graduates

20.3

63.8

64.0

66.8

69.0
71.5

78.9 78.1 79.7

76.5 78.2
73.9 75.5 75.6 75.1

Percentage of Dropouts
80.7

76.4 77.8

58.8

22.8
18.6

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

15.4

13.1 12.0 12.7 12.8 11.9

17.1
13.3 12.2

10.9 9.6

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
4-Year Rate

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

9.8 8.4 8.0 7.9

7.3 5.9 6.1

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

4-Year Rate w/ August

Note: August graduate and dropout data is only available for the classes of 2008-2014.

Aspirational Performance Measure (APM) and

College Readiness Index (CRI)
Percent of Graduates Achieving Regents-Based English/Math APM
Percent of Cohort Meeting APM in White

Percent of Graduates Meeting College Readiness Index

Percent of Cohort Meeting CRI in White

47.3

28.6

13.3

34.7 33.1 33.5

34.3
32.3
32.1 33.7

15.8

17.8

21.9 21.1 22.2

19.6 20.8

37.6

24.9

39.5

35.3 34.0 41.8*

34.1
33.9
32.3 32.6

27.7 28.6

27.0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
% of Graduates Achieving Regents Based
English/Math APM

43.6

19.0 20.1
16.0 17.4

46.8

31.4 32.6

22.0 22.3

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
% of Graduates Meeting College Readiness Index
(excluding ACT/CAT)
% of Graduates Meeting College Readiness Index
(including ACT/CAT)

Notes: English/Math Aspirational Performance Measure (APM) includes students who graduated and scored 80 or higher on a Regents
examination in mathematics and 75 or higher on the English Regents examination. This NYS calculation, used since 2005, includes Local and
Regents Diplomas and all students with disabilities. APM cohort and graduation results are based on June from 2005 to 2008 and August from
2009 to 2014. In addition to these data, CRI includes students who met remediation cutoffs on the SAT. *Starting in 2011, CRI percentages
also include ACT & CUNY Achievement Tests (CAT) data.
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