While the disparity between high and low need districts is smaller after six years than after four, it is unacceptably large.
The Percentage of Students in the 2000 Cohort by Outcomes as of
June 30, 2006 after 6 years
Need/Resource Category |
Cohort Enroll-ment |
Regents/Local Diploma |
IEP diploma |
Still enrolled |
Trans-ferred to GED |
Dropped Out |
New York City |
74,786 |
56% |
3% |
5% |
1% |
35% |
Large City |
8,554 |
56% |
4% |
1% |
2% |
37% |
Urban/Suburban |
16,034 |
70% |
3% |
1% |
3% |
23% |
Rural High Need |
14,660 |
77% |
4% |
0%* |
1% |
17% |
Average |
68,161 |
85% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
12% |
Low Need |
28,161 |
94% |
1% |
0%* |
0%* |
4% |
Charter Schools |
169 |
55% |
0% |
9% |
0% |
36% |
Total Public |
210,525 |
73% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
21% |
*less than 0.5%