Graduation Rates

  • NYS Education Department tracks graduation rates by computing the number and percentage of students that finish high school in 4 years from the number of students that were enrolled back in their freshman year 
  • 298 out of a total cohort of 423 incoming students graduated from JHS in 2007 resulting in a graduation rate of 70% (The state standard is 80%)
  • There are any number of reasons that graduation rates are less than 100% including...
  1. Students dropping out
  2. Students not finishing in four years
  3. Students finish without a Regents Diploma (IEP diplomas don’t count toward graduate rate
  4. Some students just disappear – indicate they are moving but then no evidence that they re-enrolled somewhere else
  5. Some students finish later with a GED, but that does not count toward graduation rate
  6. The statewide average 4 year graduation rate did not meet the state standard of 80%, according to the statewide report card.  In Chautauqua County Brocton (78%), Dunkirk (66%), Jamestown (69%), and Ripley (72%) did not meet the state standard graduation rate according to the 2011-2012 report cards.  Sherman has the highest graduation rate at 96%, followed by Bemus and Clymer at 94% and Falconer and Fredonia at 92%.  The following chart provides 4 year graduation rates and post secondary plans for all districts in the county.
 
2011 – 2012 Report Cards
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007 Four-Year Graduation-Rate Total Cohort
  • The 2007 four-year graduation-rate total cohort consists of all students who first entered grade 9 anywhere between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008
  • Four-year graduation-rate results for these students are captured as of August 31, 2011 in the above chart
 
Dropout Rate
  • The dropout rate in the United States for 2008-09 was 4.1% and for NYS for the same time period  was 4.2%
  • The figure is calculated by taking the percentage of 16-24 year olds not enrolled in school and who have not earned a high school credential – either a diploma or General Equivalence Diploma GED
  • The drop out percentage for the Jamestown City School district is climbing and has risen from 2% in 2008-09 to 6% in 2011-2012