MEASUREMENTS

COHORT GRADUATION RATE

House Select Committee on High School Graduation and Drop Out Rates
October 24, 2006

The rate for a school will be calculated as follows:

Students who graduated with a diploma prior to June 30, 2006
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Students in the school in the 9th grade in 2002-03*
Plus students who transferred into the school in the grade appropriate to the cohort**
Minus students who transferred out of the school and students who are deceased***

The rate for an LEA will be calculated as follows:

Students who graduated with a diploma prior to June 30, 2006
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Students in the LEA in the 9th grade in 2002-03*
Plus students who transferred into the LEA in the grade appropriate to the cohort**
Minus students who transferred out of the LEA and students who are deceased***

The rate for the state will be calculated as follows:

Students who have graduated with a diploma prior to June 30, 2006
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Students in the state in the 9th grade in 2002-03*
Plus students who transferred into the state in the grade appropriate to the cohort**
Minus students who transferred out of the state and students who are deceased***

Notes:

* Only includes those students who are in the 9th grade for the first time.

** Students who were in 8th grade in 2001-02 and transfer in as a
9th grader in 2002-03
10th grader in 2003-04
11th grader in 2004-05
12th graders in 2005-06

*** Students who transfer out are those who have not been reported as having dropped out and the school has received a records request from an educational institution, public or private in North Carolina or another state.

Dropout students count as non-graduates unless they enroll in another school on track at some point.

The state rate is not the average of the LEA or school rates.