<p>70% seems really low to me...</p>
<p>70% seems high to me. The graduation rate at my school is nearly 100%, which is extremely rare, but thats what you get in a wealthy suburb. I've visited a lot of inter-city schools, which is probably why this number seems pretty high to me. I actually agree with the article when it says that the actual percentage is probably lower. I know that some schools do not count you as a drop out if you leave after the age of 16. Something to do with leaving school to enter the work force. Other schools just don't count some drop outs because it makes them look bad.</p>
<p>Cleveland is mentioned in that article and on the local news (don't live in Cleveland, but get the news from Cleveland) they said 43% did not pass the Ohio Graduation Test which is given in 10th grade. If you do not pass it the first time you have 7 other times you can pass it before graduation. You don't graduate unless you pass it. The article said that 43.8% DO graduate which is opposite what the news stated. 43% DO NOT graduate. Either way it's pretty bad.</p>
<p>At my D's school, which is more of a suburb to Akron than Cleveland, only 2 out of nearly 470 didn't pass it by graduation time. It seems strange that 43% in Cleveland couldn't pass, but I guess for many reasons inner city kids just don't make it. I didn't read the whole article, but did it count the kids that drop out of school? Maybe that's where the higher number comes from.</p>
<p>Seems right to me. My county's rate is around 77%.</p>
<p>Something is definitely wrong. It is way too high. :p</p>
<p>I dunno, seems to put things in perspective for me... People on CC seem to think not getting a 2100+ on the SAT and going to a top-25 school is the end of the world when about a third of America doesn't even graduate high school...</p>
<p>Akron Buchtel had about 25 students unable to pass; Shaker Heights had 28 by comparison. (Shaker had a senior class of 399, while Buchtel's was considerably less). However, pretty much all of these students pass by the conclusion of the senior year, which is why our graduation rate is over 98%.</p>
<p>Its about right to me, my school's graduation rate is about 70%. It's close to 100% for white students, but more like 40% for black students.</p>
<p>I think ours is 96%. Most schools in the area are around there as well. I would assume it's a lot lower in Philly, but many of the schools are getting much better.</p>