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Hispanic and English Learner Graduation Rates

Posted on November 28, 2016 by | 40 comments

Where should Hispanic and English Language Learners go to high school for the best chance to graduate?
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One of the main goals of breaking up the Doraville area and current Cross Keys cluster seems to be motivated by race and socio economics.
Many people and some foundations recommend divvying up the elementary schools in the Doraville area and Cross Keys cluster, which are heavily populated by hispanics and english language learners, and spreading them across all the various clusters in North DeKalb.
Where should Hispanic and English Language Learners go to high school for the best chance to graduate? According to the GaDOE 4 Year Cohort 2016 Graduation Rates, the answer is Cross Keys High School. I can only surmise that whatever is going on with the Hispanic and English Learner populations at LHS, DHS and CCHS will be exacerbated by increasing the capacity at those schools.

School Graduation Rate – English Learners
Cross Keys High School 56.8%
Dunwoody High School 31.0%
Lakeside High School 26.3%
Chamblee Charter High School Too Few Students
School Graduation Rate – Hispanics
Cross Keys High School 70.2%
Lakeside High School 62.5%
Chamblee Charter High School 59.5%
Dunwoody High School 57.6%

Thai (a commenter on this blog) observed, “Keeping Pleasantdale in LHS will not help the Pleasantdale kids, keeping Hightower in DHS will not help the Hightower kids, and putting Cary Reynolds into Chamblee Charter HS won’t help the Cary Reynolds kids. Those three schools all have lower graduation rates than CKHS for the Hispanic and English Learner subgroup. These kids are better off going to a new HS that can emulate CKHS. It is better for EVERYONE if Sagamore goes back to LHS and Pleasantdale goes to a new Doraville HS.”
From a comment below, “From the data presented above, it looks like there is a “secret sauce” at Cross Keys.
• Does anyone know what that recipe is?
• Can that recipe be duplicated at the other schools? ”
What are your thoughts on this?

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2016 DeKalb Graduation Rates By High School

Posted on November 9, 2016 by | 1 comment

2016 4 year cohort graduation rates are out. Where does your school rank?
Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT)
This is the second year that students shall no longer be required to earn a passing score on the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) to earn a high school diploma.
2016 Graduation Requirements
The 2016 Graduation Rate is the first year the new Georgia Milestones End-of-Course Assessment has been factored into graduation rates since the inaugural year of the Georgia Milestones in 2014. 23 course credits must be earned to earn a high school diploma. The following courses require students to take the Georgia Milestones End-of-Course (EOC) Test to earn credit for the course and count for 20% of the student’s final grade.

9th Grade Lit/Comp     American Lit/Comp     Coordinate Algebra
Analytic Geometry Biology Physical Science
U.S. History Economics

DeKalb Schools Graduation Services
Schools begin working with students on a graduation plan when they enter the ninth grade. High school students are advised annually to ensure that they are earning the credits to move from one grade level to the next.
Seniors receive advisement at the beginning of the 12th grade and are closely monitored to ensure that they progress toward graduation at the end of the school year. If a student is failing a course that is needed for graduation, notification is sent to parents making them aware of the issue in time for remediation to occur.
If a student fails a course needed for graduation, options are given to the student for earning the credit. Options include the DeKalb Online Academy, Georgia Virtual School and local academic credit recovery programs.
Graduation Rates

OSD / Grad % 4-year Cohort Rate Graduation Total
RANK REGION TITLE I PRIORITY 2013 2014 2015 2016 Class Size Graduated
DeKalb County Total 60.2 62.6 70.9 70.3 7128 5014
1 4 Y Arabia Mountain 96.9 98.3 97.2 99.2 280 278
2 2 N DeKalb School of the Arts 100 100 100 98.4 65 64
3 3 Y DeKalb Early College Academy 97.4 100 97.7 96.5 58 56
4 2 Y Tucker HS 65.9 68.6 86.9 90.4 398 360
5 1 Y Chamblee HS 84.4 83.5 85.7 85.8 310 266
6 2 Y Druid Hills HS 73.2 75.9 79 81.2 288 234
7 3 Y Priority Redan HS 72.8 79.9 81.4 80.9 247 200
8 4 Y Southwest DeKalb HS 74.7 66.2 72.7 80.1 318 255
9 1 N Dunwoody HS 73.6 78.6 77.9 79.7 385 307
10 3 Y Stephenson HS 63.8 71.9 73.2 78.4 431 338
11 4 Y Priority Destiny Academy 36.8 58.3 75.5 77.7 90 70
12 2 Y Lakeside HS 72.4 77.4 80.2 77.7 486 378
13 4 Y Lithonia HS 57.5 67.2 72.3 75.1 342 257
14 1 Y Priority Cross Keys HS 43.5 47.2 55.8 73.8 271 200
15 5 Y Cedar Grove HS 65 72.5 76.7 72.3 257 186
16 4 Y Miller Grove HS 60.2 59.5 79.6 70.3 367 258
17 4 Y Martin Luther King HS 73.6 65.4 73.6 69.7 440 307
18 5 Y Priority Towers HS 44.1 53.7 70.1 67 285 191
19 5 Y Priority Columbia HS 62.3 61.7 75.8 66.8 347 232
20 3 Y OSD Stone Mountain HS 62.3 59.4 66.9 63.3 270 171
21 3 Y Priority Clarkston HS 53.8 51.9 65.1 59.4 392 233
22 5 Y Priority McNair HS 46.6 52.4 59.2 58 229 133
23 5 Y DeKalb Alternative 1.2 4.2 11.5 14.6 75 11
24 5 Y Elizabeth Andrews HS 10.9 9.3 17.9 11.1 259 29
25 4 N Gateway to College 3.4 10.4 33.3 N/A

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