Finally some good news for principals/assistant principals for all of your efforts and hard work with your staff and students. The latest data regarding high school graduation rates in the Commonwealth were released today by the Virginian Department of Education.
The graduation rate for the Class of 2014 was 89.9 percent as compared to the 89.1 percent for the class of 2013. The DOE reports that the on-time graduation gas increased by 8.6 points since 2008. Also, since 2008, the dropout rate for Virginia fell to 5.4 percent compared to 8.7 in 2008.
High School cohort reports for schools, school divisions and the commonwealth are available on the VDOE website at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/news/news_releases/2014/09_sept24.shtml.
