By the Numbers: 2015 Grad Rate for Minority Students in Elmbrook Significantly Above State Average

BROOKFIELD -- Wisconsin had 57,698 students graduate from high school with a regular diploma in 2015, a graduation rate of 88.4 percent that bests the national rate of 82.3 percent.

The Elmbrook School District saw 618 students earn their high school diploma in 2015, with a graduation rate of 96.6 percent - one of the top graduation rates in the area, and the state.

Elmbrook - by the Numbers
2015: 96.6% (618 students)
American Indian none
Asian 100% (60 students)
Black 90.0% (27 students)
Hispanic 90.9% (20 students)
White 96.7% (500 students)

See how the Elmbrook School District stacks up to neighboring school districts and their 2015 graduation rates:

All Students

1. 98.3% New Berlin
2. 98.1% Nicolet
3. 98.0% Menomonee Falls
4. 97.7% Greendale
5. 97.6% Mequon-Thiensville
6. 97.3% South Milwaukee
7. 97.2% Hudson
8. 97.0% Shorewood
9. 96.9% Oak Creek-Franklin
10. 96.8% Whitnall
11. 96.7% Sussex-Hamilton
12. 96.6% Elmbrook
13. 96.2% Port Washington-Saukville
14. 95.8% Muskego-Norway
15. 95.2% Brown Deer
16. 95.1% Germantown
17. 93.5% Wauwatosa
18. 93.3% Cudahy
19. 93.3% Whitefish Bay
20. 91.9% St. Francis
21. 86.% Greenfield
22. 84.0% Waukesha
23. 74.3% Racine
24. 58.2% Milwaukee

Elmbrook ranks well above the state average of 64% when graduating black students in 2015:

Black Students

1. 100% (43 students) Menomonee Falls
2. 100% (31 students) Shorewood
3. 100% (9 students) Hudson
4. 95.2% (40 students) Nicolet
5. 93.4% (71 students) Brown Deer
6. 93.8% (30 students) Whitefish Bay
7. 93.0% (40 students) Oak Creek-Franklin
8. 92.9% (26 students) Mequon-Thiensville
9. 92.2% (95 students) Wauwatosa
10. 90.0% (27 students) Elmbrook
11. 85.7% (12 students) Germantown
12. 81.3% (13 students) St. Franics
13. 70.3% (45 students) Waukesha
14. 63.0% (262 students) Racine
15. 54.7% (1801 students) Milwaukee

As we mentioned earlier, Elmbrook also ranks at the higher end of graduation rates for Hispanic students in 2015, about 13 percent above state average of 77.5%:

Hispanic Students

1. 100% (19 students) Menomonee Falls
2. 100% (10 students) Sussex-Hamilton
3. 100% (9 students) Germantown
4. 100% (8 students) Brown Deer
5. 98.6% (71 students) Oak Creek-Franklin
6. 97.2% (35 students) St. Francis
7. 95.2% (20 students) Whitnall
8. 93.8% (30 students) South Milwaukee
9. 93.3% (14 students) Greendale
10. 92.3% (12 students) Muskego
11. 92.3% (12 students) Whitefish Bay
12. 90.9% (20 students) Elmbrook
13. 86.2% (25 students) Cudahy
14. 83.8% (57 students) Greenfield
15. 82.4% (28 students) Wauwatosa
16. 77.8% (7 students) Port Washington-Saukville
17. 77.6% (125 students) Waukesha
18. 67.9% (243 students) Racine
19. 58.7% (639 students) Milwaukee