State Publishes High School Graduation Report Cards

PROVIDENCE, RI—Rhode Island has boosted high school graduation rates. Statewide, as of the Class of 2016, the score is 85 percent, which is now as good as the national average. By contrast, in 2011 and in 2012, the state graduation rate stood at 77 percent.

The state Department of Education earlier this week released the report, which showed the high school graduation rates from 2011 through 2016. The data was presented by district and by individual schools, and there can be some variation. For example, Newport's as a district managed to hit the 85 percent mark, but Rogers High actually outperformed the district. Rogers graduated 91 percent of students in the Class of 2016. The lower district-wide score was due to out-of-district placements, in some cases for special education students, who typically statewide did not fare so well as the general population.

The report also includes the number of students in the graduating class. For example, Blackstone Academy Charter graduated 100 percent of the Class of 2016; only 40 students were in the class, however.

"Across the state, 31 high schools—more than half of RI public high schools—graduated 90% or more of their students in four years," the report said. "Fourteen high schools graduated over 95% of their students in four years.

"Three high schools had greater than 10 percentage point increases in four-year graduation rates compared to last year (2015):

Blackstone Academy Charter School (17.5%)
The Greene School (17.5%)
Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School (10.1%)

"In addition, four schools’ 4-year graduation rates increased by over 20 percentage points in the
past five years, from the class of 2011 to the class of 2016:

NEL/CPS Construction Career Academy (28%)
William E. Tolman Senior High School (23%)
Providence Career and Technical Academy (22%)
Cranston High School East (22%)

Here are the scores, by district in bold.

Barrington: 95 percent

Blackstone Academy Charter: 100 percent

Bristol Warren: 90 percent

Burrillville: 82 percent
Central Falls: 72 percent
Chariho: 88 percent
Coventry: 93 percent
Cranston: 88 percent
Cumberland: 92 percent
Davies Career-Tech: 95 percent
DCYF: 7 percent
East Greenwich: 96 percent
East Providence: 86 percent
Exeter-West Greenwich: 94 percent
Foster-Glocester: 90 percent
Johnston: 89 percent
Lincoln: 93 percent
MET Career and Tech: 92 percent
Middletown: 86 percent
Narragansett: 89 percent
Newport: 85 percent

North Kingstown: 87 percent

North Providence: 93 percent

North Smithfield: 94 percent
Paul Cuffee Charter School: 88 percent
Pawtucket: 85 percent
Portsmouth: 88 percent
Providence: 79 percent
Scituate: 94 percent
Smithfield: 93 percent
South Kingstown: 88 percent
The Greene School: 94 percent
Tiverton: 87 percent
Trinity Acad. for the Performing Arts: 96 percent
Village Green Virtual Charter School: 80 percent
Warwick: 87 percent
West Warwick: 87 percent
Westerly: 90 percent
Woonsocket: 70 percent

Here are the scores for the schools:

Barrington High School - 97

Mt. Hope High School - 91

Burrillville High School - 89

Central Falls Sr. High School - 72
Chariho Regional High School - 91
Coventry High School - 93
Cranston High School East - 94
Cranston High School West - 97
NEL/CPS Constr. Career Academy - 74
Cumberland High School - 96
Wm. M. Davies Jr. Career-Tech. High School - 95
DCYF Alt. Educ. Program - 7
East Greenwich High School - 98
East Providence High School - 88
Exeter-West Greenwich High School - 98
Ponaganset High School - 90
Johnston Sr. High School - 94
Lincoln Sr. High School - 94
MET Career & Tech. Center - 92
Middletown High School- 90
Narragansett High School - 91
Newport Rogers High School - 91
North Kingstown Sr. High - 93
North Providence High - 97

North Smithfield High School - 96
Paul Cuffee Charter School - 88

Pawtucket
Charles E. Shea High School - 86
Jacqueline M. Walsh School - 98
William E Tolman Sr. High School - 83

Portsmouth High School - 89

Providence
Acad. for Career Exploration (ACES) - 78
Central High School - 78
Classical High School - 99
Dr. J. Alvarez High School - 81
E-Cubed Academy - 81
Hope High School - 75
Mount Pleasant High School - 64
Prov. Career and Technical Academy - 89
Times2 Academy - 86
W.B. Cooley & Acad. International - 68

Scituate High School - 94
Smithfield Sr. High School - 94
South Kingstown High School - 89
The Greene School - 94
Tiverton High School - 90
Trinity Acad. Trinity Acad. for the Performing Arts - 96
Village Green Virtual Charter School - 80

Warwick
Pilgrim High School - 87
Toll Gate High School - 91
Warwick Vets Memorial HS - 96

West Warwick Sr. High School - 89
Westerly High School - 96
Woonsocket High School - 71