High School Graduation Rates by Student Subgroup and School Year

Graduation rates for up to three timeframes (4-year, 5-year, 6-year) are tracked for students receiving a regular high school diploma. The data includes counts of students and graduates, broken down by demographic subgroups, gender, race, and school district. This dataset is hosted by data.delaware.gov and was last updated on February 17, 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze graduation rate trends over time using School Year and RateType.
• Compare graduation outcomes across demographic groups using SubGroup, Gender, and Race.
• Assess school and district performance using Graduates, Students, PctGraduates, District, and School Code.
• Identify cohorts for intervention by filtering on SpecialDemo and RowStatus.

Strengths

• Provides three distinct graduation rate calculations (4-year, 5-year, 6-year) for nuanced analysis.
• Includes 15 columns for detailed breakdowns by demographics, geography, and school identifiers.
• Data is hosted on an official government platform (data.delaware.gov) and was updated in 2025.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing preview of data distribution and quality.
• License and author information are unknown, which may affect usage rights.

Provenance

Source

data.delaware.gov

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collected from state education reporting systems.

Time Range

Coverage is implied by the School Year column but specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-02-17 18:38:10.

Geography

Likely focuses on the state of Delaware, given the source, with columns for District and Geography.