MassCore: Massachusetts High School Graduates' Curriculum Completion Rates (2009+)

MassCore completion rates track the number and percentage of Massachusetts public high school graduates who completed the state-recommended college and career readiness curriculum each year since 2009. The dataset is published by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) via the Socrata platform. It was last updated on May 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in curriculum completion over time using the SY (school year) and PCT_COMPL_MASSCORE columns.
• Compare completion rates across different student demographic groups using the STU_GRP, CNT_HS_GRAD, and CNT_COMPL_MASSCORE columns.
• Investigate district-level performance disparities using DIST_NAME, ORG_NAME, and PCT_COMPL_MASSCORE columns.
• Calculate aggregate state-level completion percentages by summing CNT_HS_GRAD and CNT_COMPL_MASSCORE across all districts.

Strengths

• Provides a longitudinal time series with data for each year since 2009.
• Includes counts (CNT_HS_GRAD, CNT_COMPL_MASSCORE) and calculated percentages (PCT_COMPL_MASSCORE) for direct analysis.
• Disaggregates data by student group (STU_GRP) and organization (DIST_NAME, ORG_NAME) for granular comparison.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completion rates are suppressed (not reported) for any student group where the number graduated is less than 6, which may create data gaps for small subgroups.

Provenance

Source

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)

Collection Method

Report submitted by school districts for graduates in the reporting year.

Time Range

2009 to present

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 15:29:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Massachusetts, United States