All Boroughs  Tuesday, December 10, 2013   Follow us: Follow
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School Graduation Rates Drop Slightly, Now 60.4%    • Text size:
+ -   When is a drop in your score an improvement? When you play
golf, and work for the Bloomberg administration. That's about
it.  In 2012, six out of ten students in New York City public
schools graduated high school in four years. State officials say
last year's graduation rate was 60.4%, down from 60.9% for the
class of 2011. The City's graduation rate lags behind the
statewide average of 74%, but it's still 15 percentage points
higher than it was in 2005.  The statistics released today from
the State Education Department are the first since students were
required to meet stricter graduation requirements. Across New
York State, officials say the graduation rate for white students
is nearly 28 percentage points higher than the rates for black
and Hispanic students. The college and career readiness gap is
even greater.