M-DCPS Graduation Rates Improve In 2019-2020

From the Miami-Dade County Public Schools:

January 7, 2021

Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ (M-DCPS) graduation rate is 89.6 percent for the
2019-2020 academic year, a 4 percentage point increase from the 85.6 percent
the prior year. This rate marks the highest graduation rate M-DCPS has achieved
since the Florida Department of Education began tracking graduation statistics
with modern methods in the late 1990s. If charter schools are removed from the
calculation, the graduation rate for schools managed by the District is 93.1
percent, up from 89.2 percent the prior year.

“This increase in graduation rates is a significant achievement that deserves to be
celebrated,” said Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho. “Despite the
challenges faced in 2020, our students continue to shine and our world-class educational
workforce is to be commended for these results.”

Since 2006-2007, the District’s graduation rate has increased by almost 31 percentage points from 58.7 percent to 89.6 percent in 2019-20. It is important to note that due to the COVID-19
pandemic and closure of schools, students in the 2019-20 graduating class were exempt from statewide standardized assessment requirements.

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This press release was produced by the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.