This report analyzes graduation and dropout rates in Alaska's schools over the past five years. While overall graduation rates climbed to 78.31% in the 2023-2024 school year, standardized test results show a slight decrease across the board. The report highlights changes in graduation rates across various student demographics and discusses the implications of these trends.
looks at changes in graduation rates and dropout rates when compared to the past 5 school years. For the School Year 2023-2024 the overall graduation rate for students across Alaska was 78.31%.
While graduation rates are up slightly, state testing results are also included in the Report Card and show a slight decline across the board.is a standardized test for students in grades 3-9 in English Language Arts and mathematics. Looking at ELA for all tested students across the state and in all grades, 40.19% are listed at Needing Support. 28.32% are Approaching Proficiency and 21.94% are listed as Proficient. 9.56% are considered Advanced. Compared to the 2022-2023 school year, that is an increase of .56% in students who are Needing Support, a decrease of .25% for those Approaching Proficiency and a .02% increase of students listed as Proficient. The number of students considered Advanced declined by .
The most dramatic increases between the last two school years with African-American students which saw a 3.74% increase in SY 2023-2024 when compared to the previous school year. Graduation rates among Hispanic students also increased in 2022-2023 school year by 4.55% over SY 2022-2023. Students with Disabilities graduation rates increased by 1.12%.These are more dramatic when compared to the previous school years of SY 2022-2023 to SY 2021-2022. That shows an overall increase of 12.
Student populations that saw a decline in graduation rates between SY 2022-2023 and SY 2023-2024 were Alaska Native/American Indian students by -1.36%, Economically Disadvantaged students by .91% and English Learners by -1.96%. When looking at previous school years of 2022-2023 compared to SY 2021-2022, where both Alaska Native/American Indian students and Economically Disadvantaged students saw increases in graduation rates, Alaska Native/American Indian students saw an overall decline of 3.
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