About this Indicator
The completion of high school or its equivalent is typically required for college admission. Graduation rates are based on the number of students who graduate in four years with a regular high school diploma.
This indicator shows the percentage of 9th grade students who graduate in four years with a regular high school diploma from a public high school. The four-year adjusted high school cohort graduation rate is calculated by dividing the count of students who successfully graduate within four years with a standard high school diploma by the total count of students forming the adjusted cohort for the graduating class (excluding students that earn a General Educational Development (GED) credential). This adjusted cohort includes students who start their high school education in the 9th grade along with those who subsequently transfer in. Disabled students and students who either transfer out, emigrate, or decease are excluded from the cohort.
Data Source
U.S. Department of Education. ED data express: ACGR.
Note. The estimates for 2020 and 2021 are not reported due to data collection problems that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.