Today OSSE announced that 76.6% of public charter students graduate in four years in school year 2019-2020, a slight increase of 0.2% from 2018-2019. The four-year adjusted cohort across DC consisted of 4,802 students who entered ninth grade in the 2016-2017 school year.
Graduation rates are calculated by tracking the students who entered 9th grade for the first time and graduated within four years. And as part of its oversight, we verify that 9th-grade students are on track to graduate in four years and that 12th-grade students have met the school’s graduation requirements. To learn more about the Transcript Audit Policy, click here.
We also evaluate a school’s performance on multiple measures, including 4- and 5- year graduation rates, which are both indicators of whether or not a student is ready for college or the workforce on its School Quality Report. Which can be found on the school's individual profile pages.
The 4-year ACGR rate for DC public charter schools in SY 2019-20 was 76.6% an +0.2% increase from SY 2018-19.
