Increase the proportion of high school students who graduate in 4 years — AH‑08 Data

National Status: Improving

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Most Recent Data:
86.7 percent (2022-23)

National Target:
90.7 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

National Baseline:
84.1 percent of students attending public schools graduated with a regular diploma 4 years after starting 9th grade in school year 2015-16

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Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade, 2015-16 to 2022-23
(percent)
Increase desired

Population	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20¹	2020-21¹	2021-22	2022-23
Total	84.1	84.6	85.3	85.8	86.5	86.1	86.6	86.7

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Sex, 2015-16 to 2022-23
(percent)
Increase desired

Population	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20¹	2020-21¹	2021-22	2022-23
Sex	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Race/Ethnicity, 2015-16 to 2022-23
(percent)
Increase desired

Population	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20¹	2020-21¹	2021-22	2022-23
American Indian or Alaska Native only	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Asian only	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Black or African American only	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
White only	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
2 or more races	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Hispanic or Latino	79.3	80.0	81.0	81.7	82.5	81.8	82.8	82.9
Not Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino	71.9	72.4	73.5	74.3	74.9	73.9	73.9	74.6
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic or Latino	90.8	91.2	92.2	92.6	92.5	93.1	93.7	93.4
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino	76.4	77.8	79.0	79.6	81.1	80.5	81.0	82.0
White only, not Hispanic or Latino	88.3	88.6	89.1	89.4	90.2	89.8	89.8	90.3
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Family income, 2015-16 to 2022-23
(percent)
Increase desired

Population	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20¹	2020-21¹	2021-22	2022-23
Family income	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Health insurance status, 2015-16 to 2022-23
(percent)
Increase desired

Population	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20¹	2020-21¹	2021-22	2022-23
Health insurance status	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Geographic location, 2015-16 to 2022-23
(percent)
Increase desired

Population	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20¹	2020-21¹	2021-22	2022-23
Geographic location	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Country of birth, 2015-16 to 2022-23
(percent)
Increase desired

Population	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20¹	2020-21¹	2021-22	2022-23
Country of birth	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Disability status, 2015-16 to 2022-23
(percent)
Increase desired

Population	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20¹	2020-21¹	2021-22	2022-23
Disability status	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

Disparity

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Data Source: Common Core of Data (CCD), ED/NCES

1 State educational agencies may have changed their requirements for a regular high school diploma to account for the impact of COVID-19. The Department of Education advises caution when interpreting changes in school year 2019-2020 and school year 2020-2021 data as prior year data may be less comparable.

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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Increase the proportion of high school students who graduate in 4 years — AH‑08 Data

National Status: Improving

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Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade, 2015-16 to 2022-23(percent)Increase desired

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Sex, 2015-16 to 2022-23(percent)Increase desired

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Race/Ethnicity, 2015-16 to 2022-23(percent)Increase desired

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Family income, 2015-16 to 2022-23(percent)Increase desired

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Health insurance status, 2015-16 to 2022-23(percent)Increase desired

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Geographic location, 2015-16 to 2022-23(percent)Increase desired

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Country of birth, 2015-16 to 2022-23(percent)Increase desired

Students graduating from high school within 4 years of starting 9th grade by Disability status, 2015-16 to 2022-23(percent)Increase desired