Definition

The percent of youth who graduate in 4 years from public schools and 60% publicly funded private schools.  Race & ethnicity is self reported at each high school and is compiled at the state level.

The numerator is the number of students of a particular race who graduated from high school in 4 years and the denominator is the number of students who  started high school 4 years earlier.

Data Source

Maine Dept. of Education Data Warehouse For comparisons to national dat for prior year, see KIDS COUNT High School Graduation Rates by Race & Ethnicity 2020-2021

Notes

This data looks at a cohort of students who began ninth grade 4 years prior to see if they graduated within 4 years. Some students graduate in 5 years and 6 years, and this is still a good outcome, but is not counted as graduating in this data about 4-year graduation rates. For example, in 2023, 80.9% of Black students graduated in 4 years, and 85.2% of Black students graduated in 5 years.

Last Updated

2024-04