2016 High school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 percent

2016 High school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 percent

Seattle Times

High school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 percent
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/high-school-graduation-rate-reaches-new-high
Originally published October 17, 2016 at 3:12 am Updated October 17, 2016 at 10:25 am

The administration reported significant differences in graduation rates among groups. 
Asian Americans had a 90.2 percent graduation rate, while 
whites were at 87.6 percent, followed by 
Hispanics at 77.8 percent, 
African-Americans at 74.6 percent and 
Native Americans at 71.6 percent.


2016 US High School Graduation Rate
1.00 is same was white -2.00 means twice as bad
1.25 means 25% better.

grad dropout
Asian 90.2 9.8 1.27
White 87.6 12.4 1.00
Hispanic 77.8 22.2 -1.79
AfricanAm 74.6 25.4 -2.05
NativeAm 71.6 28.4 -2.29

All groups dropout rate is about twice rate of whites

Asians have dropout rate about 25% less