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Understanding Graduation Rates: Insights from the Class of 2007

This report analyzes national graduation data from the Class of 2007, highlighting disparities in educational achievements among different racial and ethnic groups. It emphasizes the impact of rigorous course enrollment on college graduation rates, the economic costs of dropping out, and the lifetime earnings gap for high school graduates versus dropouts. The report also explores statistics illustrating the challenges faced by African American males, drawing attention to the implications for educational policy and community support.

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Understanding Graduation Rates: Insights from the Class of 2007

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  1. What Is The Data Telling Us?

  2. National Graduation DataClass of 2007 Source: Editorial Projects in Education

  3. Maryland Graduation Rates

  4. Maryland Graduation DataClass of 2007 Source: Alliance for Excellence in Education

  5. 2005 NAEP High School Transcript Study Curriculum Asian White Hispanic Black Rigorous 22% 11% 8% 6% Advanced Math 62% 46% 26% 29% Advanced Science or Physics 62% 46% 34% 32% 6 Year College Graduation Rates 66% 59% 47% 40% Note: These percentages represent the transcripts of those students who actually graduated. The Nations Report Card 2007

  6. African American Over-Representation in Suspensions Nationwide

  7. CHS DATA2010-2011 • 71% Caucasian 76% representation in Honors 78% representation in AP • 23% African American 9% representation in Honors 13% representation in AP

  8. CHS DATA2010-2011 • 71% Caucasian 76% representation in Honors 78% representation in AP • 23% African American 9% representation in Honors 13% representation in AP

  9. CHS DATA2010-2011 • 71% Caucasian 76% representation in Honors 78% representation in AP • 23% African American 9% representation in Honors 13% representation in AP

  10. CHS DATA2010-2011 • 71% Caucasian 76% representation in Honors 78% representation in AP • 23% African American 9% representation in Honors 13% representation in AP

  11. Costs of Dropping Out of High School • Over the course of a lifetime, a high school dropout earns, on average, about $260,000 less than a high school graduate • Dropouts from the Class of 2010 alone will cost the nation more than $337 billion in lost wages over the course of their lifetimes.

  12. Costs of Dropping Out of High School • If the United States’ likely dropouts from the Class of 2006 had graduated, the nation could have saved more than $17 billion in Medicaid and expenditures for uninsured health care over the course of those young people’s lives. • Increasing the graduation rate and college matriculation of male students in the United States by just 5 percent could lead to combined savings and revenue of almost $8 billion each year by reducing crime-related costs.

  13. An African American Male Has: • a 1 in 4600 chance of becoming an NBA player • less than a 1 in 1250 chance of becoming an NFL player • a 1 in 2000 chance of getting a PhD in mathematics, engineering or the physical sciences • a 1 in 548 chance of becoming a physician • a 1 in 195 chance of becoming a lawyer • a 1 in 53 chance of becoming a teacher • a 1 in 13 chance of going to prison before he turns 20 • a 1 in 7 chance of never graduating from high school • a 1 in 6 chance of going to prison before he dies

  14. What Now?

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