Waukesha School District Graduation Rates Increase

The number of seniors who graduated from the increased by about 4 percent from the 2009-10 school year to the 2010-11 school year, according to recently released data from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

There were 1,339 four-year students in the district in 2009-10 and 86.2 percent of them graduated, according to the information. In the 2010-11 school year, 90.5 percent of the 1,305 four-year students graduated.

Waukesha West’s graduation rate increased from 94.1 percent in 2009-10 to 99.7 percent in 2010-11. Waukesha North increased from 93.4 percent in 2009-10 to 97 percent in 2010-11. Waukesha South’s graduation rate decreased from 90.8 percent in 2009-10 to 88 percent in 2010-11.

However, zero percent of students at Waukesha South received a high school equivalency diploma during the 2009-10 school year, but 6.2 percent of the seniors received the HSED during the 2010-11 school year.