The Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) recently published its annual Report Card, providing an overview of standardized test results, student demographics, teacher information, and financial data for school districts statewide.
For graduation rates, the 2017-18 Summary Report Card identifies the adjusted four-year cohort graduation rate as 80.9% for the Class of 2018. This means that 19.1% of high school students in Washington state did not graduate on time—a clear call for continued efforts to keep students in school and focused on graduation.
According to OSPI, the adjusted four-year cohort graduation rate is defined as the number of students who graduate in four years with a regular high school diploma divided by the number of students who form the adjusted cohort for the graduating class. From the beginning of 9th grade, students who are entering that grade for the first time form a cohort that is subsequently “adjusted” by adding any students who transfer into the cohort later during the 9th grade and the next three years, and subtracting any students who transfer out, emigrate to another country, or die during that same period.
For OSPI’s individual school district report card information, select a district from the drop-down menu in the upper left of the summary page at (http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us).
