Despite improvements, Black and Hispanic students graduated at substantially lower rates after 4 years than White and Asian students.

The Percentage of Students in the 2002 Cohort by
Racial/Ethnic Group by Outcomes as of June 30, 2006 After Four Years

Need/Resource Category

Cohort Enroll-ment

Regents/Local Diploma

IEP diploma

Still en-rolled

Trans-ferred to GED

Drop-ped Out

American Indian/Alaskan Native

943

50%

3%

17%

4%

26%

Asian/Pacific Islander

14,943

74%

1%

15%

0%

10%

Black

41,392

47%

3%

27%

1%

21%

Hispanic

36,847

45%

2%

28%

1%

24%

White

122,785

79%

2%

8%

2%

9%