Only a small majority of students in New York City and the Big 4 Cities had graduated after 5 years, but over 93 percent of students in Low Need Districts did.
Needs/ Resource Category |
Cohort Enroll-ment |
Regents or Local Diploma |
IEP Diploma |
Still enrolled |
Trans-fer to GED |
Dropped Out |
New York City |
74,114 |
52.7% |
2.1% |
12.2% |
7.4% |
25.6% |
Large City |
8,569 |
54.7% |
3.4% |
4.4% |
14.4% |
23.0% |
Urban/Suburban |
16,161 |
68.5% |
3.0% |
4.5% |
7.4% |
16.7% |
Rural High Need |
14,656 |
76.5% |
3.8% |
1.3% |
4.9% |
13.4% |
Average |
68,295 |
83.9% |
1.9% |
1.8% |
4.2% |
8.2% |
Low Need |
28,237 |
93.4% |
0.9% |
0.9% |
1.5% |
3.2% |
Charter Schools |
127 |
46.5% |
0.0% |
40.9% |
0.8% |
11.8% |
Total Public |
210,159 |
71.3% |
2.1% |
5.7% |
5.7% |
15.3% |
The Percentage of Students in the 2000 Cohort by Outcomes as of June 30, 2005 after 5 years