Moorestown High School Maintains High Graduation Rate

The graduation rate at Moorestown High School continues to hover around 95 percent, a number it has met or exceeded each of the last four years, according to statistics released by the New Jersey Department of Education on Wednesday.

New Jersey uses a federally mandated methodology designed to provide a complete accounting of graduation rates by tracking cohorts of students over four years, starting from the time they enter the ninth grade.

Moorestown’s overall graduation rate dropped from 97.53 percent in 2013 to 95.94 percent in 2014. These are the two highest rates in the last four years for a district that saw graduation rates of 95.66 percent in 2011 and 95.64 percent in 2012. The NJDOE only provided numbers going back the previous four years.

A total of 331 of the school’s 345 students graduated in 2014.

Moorestown remains above the state average, which checked in at 88.6 percent in 2014, up from 87.5 percent in 2013. It was the second consecutive year in which high school graduation statewide grew by a full percentage point.

Below is a further look at how the district compares with the rest of the state in a few areas:

· 78.9% of African American students graduated this year, a 2.5 percent increase from the previous year of 76.4%. Moorestown graduated 87.50 percent of its African American population, a total of 28 students.

· Hispanic students graduated at a rate of 80.6% in 2014, an increase of 2 percent from 2013 when it was 78.6%. No numbers were provided for Moorestown.

· 93.5% of white students graduated in 2014, an increase from 93.1% in 2013. In Moorestown, 96.62 percent graduated, translating to 257 students.

· 96.2% of Asian students graduated this year, an increase from the previous year of 95.9%. Moorestown hit 100 percent in this area, graduating 32 of 32 students.

· Economically disadvantaged students graduated at a rate of 79.6% in 2014, an increase of 2.5 percent from last year when it was 77.1%. In Moorestown, 82.86 percent graduated. This translates to 29 students.

· 71.1% of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students graduated in 2014, an increase from 70.5% in 2013. No numbers were provided for Moorestown.

· 76.6% of students with disabilities graduated in 2014, an increase from 75.9% in 2013. In Moorestown, this number was 81.40 percent, with 35 students graduating.

For more on graduation rates across the state, click here.