Updated April 2012 …
- New England public schools were expected to award more than 147,000 high school diplomas in 2008-09.
- Fully 78% of New England 9th-graders graduate from high school in the “normal” four years time, compared with 70% nationally.
- Nearly a dozen foreign countries outperform the U.S. in the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with a high school credential.
- Nationally, Latino youth represented 22% of the K-12 public school population and 15%
of the overall U.S. population in 2010, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education.
Figure HSS 1: Public High School Graduation Rates, 2009
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Source: New England Board of Higher education analysis of U.S. Department of Education data: Fall 2005 Freshmen and Projected 2008-09 High School Graduates.
Figure HSS 2: New England High School Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, 2008
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Source: New England Board of Higher Education analysis of Editorial Projects in Education (EPE).
Figure HSS 3: High School Attainment Rates for 25- to 34-Year-Olds in OECD and Partner Countries, 2009
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