June 23, 2010
Graduation by the Numbers
By David EubanksAn article in the June 11, 2010 issue of the Washington Examiner reported that D.C suburban high schools exhibit some of the highest graduation rates in comparison to the nation’s top 50 largest school districts. The statistics are based on an analysis by Education Week magazine that used the most recent data from 2007. The results were published in “Diplomas Count 2010: Graduation by the Numbers”. According to the report, Montgomery County has the highest national graduation rate among the 50 districts, with 83.1 percent of students graduating in 2007. Fairfax County comes in at a close second with a graduation rate of 82.5 percent. However, just adjacent to Montgomery County, Prince George’s County schools report a graduation rate of 59.3 percent; almost 10 percent below the national average. Baltimore was among the bottom five districts with a graduation rate of 43.4 percent.
