 In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4-year cohort graduation rate.East Stroudsburg Area School District's rate was 87% for 2010.According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 28% of the East Stroudsburg Area School District graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges.