High school grad rates rise 1.5%
A larger percentage of Maine students graduated high school in 2012, according to the latest figures, though nearly one-third of the state's schools lag behind federal standards.
The state's Department of Education released the latest numbers Monday, showing the four-year graduation rate statewide to increase 1.5% over last year, to 85.34%.
Since 2009, when the state began using a federally required measurement system called the four-year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate, the state has seen graduation rates increase by nearly 5%.
Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen said the next step is to look closely at the data and find which schools are performing well — and what they're doing to achieve that — and which are not.
While the statewide graduation rate rose, 48 of the state's 133 high schools remained below the 83% federal target graduation rate. Nearly 40% — or 53 — of schools in the state saw no improvement in graduation rates, according to the press release.
View the complete historical graduation and dropout rate data at the Maine DOE's website and browse a map of the data from the Portland Press Herald.
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