Trends & Indicators: High School Success

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

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

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

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Education at a Glance; OECD Indicators, 2009, Table A1.2a., Indicator A1.