Four Year Graduation Rates By Race And Ethnicity (2005–2023)

Definition

Membership in a cohort class is established at the time of the student's
first enrollment in a high school grade. It is computed on the typical
four year expectation for graduation based on the high school grade in
which the student is first enrolled. The student's identity with the
cohort class remains the same, regardless of student transfers, credits
earned, time spent out of Arizona, time spent out of school, and the
time necessary for the student to complete requirements for graduation.

When calculating the graduation rates for subgroups, membership in a
subgroup depends on the student’s information at his last enrollment of
record. For example, if a student is an English language learner in 9th
grade, exits the program as proficient, and graduates, that student will
not be included in the graduation rate of the English Language Learner
subgroup. If a student is an English language learner and drops out
before graduating, that student will be included in the graduation rate
of the English language learner subgroup.

Graduates are students who have met one of the following requirements to receive a high school diploma:

Completed a course of study for high school, AND Passed all three high school AIMS assessments with or without augmentation;

OR

Completed an Individual Education Plan (IEP), AND Fulfilled the AIMS requirement specified in their IEP.

Students are considered as graduating on time for the four-year
graduation rate if they graduate any time prior to September 1st of the
following school year.

When the graduation rate is calculated, year-end or exit codes are
used to place students in the cohort into one of the three categories
(graduate, non-graduate, and exited the cohort). Only records that have
passed integrity are used in the calculation.

To compute each graduation rate the following formula is used:

Graduation Rate =

Number of Graduates

Number of Graduates + Number of Non-Graduates

Because the graduation rate is a cohort measure, schools should be especially aware that:

1. A school is responsible for students in the non-graduate
   category even if the students were not enrolled in that school for their
   graduation year.

2. A student may be a member of a cohort because of an enrollment
   in the ninth grade in another school regardless of when the student was
   considered a ninth grade student in their current school.

Data Source

Arizona Department of Education

Source Document

Notes

NA indicates less than 11 students.

Cohort 2021 four (4)-Year Graduation results were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, students moved in and out of public schools differently than in prior years, which effected many data points in education.  It is important to remember that these disruptions have impacted graduation results.

Last Updated

2024-10