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By the Numbers: Sussex-Hamilton 2015 Graduation Rates Exemplary Across All Minority Groups
Sussex-Hamilton graduated all of its minority students in 2015 - a rarity in the Milwaukee Metro area and Statewide.

SUSSEX -- 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 Sussex-Hamilton school district graduated 318 students in 2015, with an overall graduation rate of 96.7 percent, about two points shy of the area leader, Nicolet.
Sussex-Hamilton - By the Numbers
2015: 96.7% (318 students)
American Indian none
Asian 100% (15 students)
Black 100% (8 students)
Hispanic 100% (10 students)
White 96.1% (274 students)
NOTE: A previous story incorrectly reported Sussex-Hamilton's black student group graduation numbers. That error has been corrected in this story and Patch.com apologizes for the misrepresentation.
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See how the Sussex-Hamilton School District stacks up to neighboring school districts and their 2015 graduation rates:
All Students
- 98.3% New Berlin
- 98.1% Nicolet
- 98.0% Menomonee Falls
- 97.7% Greendale
- 97.6% Mequon-Thiensville
- 97.3% South Milwaukee
- 97.2% Hudson
- 97.0% Shorewood
- 96.9% Oak Creek-Franklin
- 96.8% Whitnall
- 96.7% Sussex-Hamilton
- 96.6% Elmbrook
- 96.2% Port Washington-Saukville
- 95.8% Muskego-Norway
- 95.2% Brown Deer
- 95.1% Germantown
- 93.5% Wauwatosa
- 93.3% Cudahy
- 93.3% Whitefish Bay
- 91.9% St. Francis
- 86.% Greenfield
- 84.0% Waukesha
- 74.3% Racine
- 58.2% Milwaukee
Sussex-Hamilton graduated 100 percent of the district's black students in 2015, the State average was 64% when graduating black students in 2015:
Black Students
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- 100% (43 students) Menomonee Falls
- 100% (31 students) Shorewood
- 100% (9 students) Hudson
- 100 % (8 students) Hamilton
- 95.2% (40 students) Nicolet
- 93.4% (71 students) Brown Deer
- 93.8% (30 students) Whitefish Bay
- 93.0% (40 students) Oak Creek-Franklin
- 92.9% (26 students) Mequon-Thiensville
- 92.2% (95 students) Wauwatosa
- 90.0% (27 students) Elmbrook
- 85.7% (12 students) Germantown
- 81.3% (13 students) St. Franics
- 70.3% (45 students) Waukesha
- 63.0% (262 students) Racine
- 54.7% (1801 students) Milwaukee
Sussex-Hamilton graduated a small number of Hispanic students in 2015, but each graduated, besting the state average of 77.5%:
Hispanic Students
- 100% (19 students) Menomonee Falls
- 100% (10 students) Sussex-Hamilton
- 100% (9 students) Germantown
- 100% (8 students) Brown Deer
- 98.6% (71 students) Oak Creek-Franklin
- 97.2% (35 students) St. Francis
- 95.2% (20 students) Whitnall
- 93.8% (30 students) South Milwaukee
- 93.3% (14 students) Greendale
- 92.3% (12 students) Muskego
- 92.3% (12 students) Whitefish Bay
- 90.9% (20 students) Elmbrook
- 86.2% (25 students) Cudahy
- 83.8% (57 students) Greenfield
- 82.4% (28 students) Wauwatosa
- 77.8% (7 students) Port Washington-Saukville
- 77.6% (125 students) Waukesha
- 67.9% (243 students) Racine
- 58.7% (639 students) Milwaukee
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