Students in Low Need Districts are twice as likely to graduate in four years as those in Large City Districts.


The Percentage of Students in the 2002 Cohort by Outcomes as of
June 30, 2006 after 4 years

Needs/

Resource Category

Cohort Enroll-ment

Regents/Local Diploma

IEP diploma

Still enrolled

Trans-ferred to GED

Dropped Out

New York City

73,864

50%

2%

28%

0%

20%

Large City

9,048

45%

3%

19%

1%

31%

Urban/Suburban

17,647

58%

3%

16%

3%

20%

Rural High Need

14,647

71%

4%

8%

3%

14%

Average

70,880

78%

2%

9%

2%

9%

Low Need

30,574

91%

1%

5%

1%

3%

Charter Schools

250

26%

0%

40%

0%

34%

Total Public

216,910

67%

2%

16%

1%

14%