Asian\/Pacific Islanders have the highest high school graduation rates of any ethnic groups in America, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Education. 93.5% of Asian and Pacific Islander students received diplomas at the end of the 2009-2010 school year, the focus of a study from DOE’s National Center for Education Statistics.<\/p>\n
AAPI students are followed by white student graduates (83.0 percent), Hispanics (71.4 percent), American Indian\/Alaska Natives (69.1 percent), and African Americans (66.1 percent).<\/p>\n
Asian Americans also do best at the other end of the spectrum, having the lowest calculated dropout rate of 1.9 %, followed by white students, who have a 2.3 percent dropout rate. The dropout rate for Hispanics students is 5.0%, followed by African Americans at 5.5%, and American Indian\/Alaska Natives at 6.7%.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Education also released new data showing the overall high school graduation rate is at 78.2%, a rise of 2.7% that DOE calls the highest level in more than three decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new NCES report is good news,\u201d said Education Secretary Arne Duncan. \u201cAfter three decades of stagnation, the on-time graduation rate for high school students in the 2009\u201310 school year is the highest it’s been since at least 1974.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the report, the states with the highest graduation rates are Vermont (91.4%) and Wisconsin (91.1%). The District of Columbia came in second to last in the nation, with an overall high school graduation rate of 59.9%. Only Nevada performed worse than Washington, D.C., with a graduation rate of 57.8%. Nationwide, males (3.8%) have a higher dropout rate than females (2.9%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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