{"id":2478,"date":"2024-01-18T20:50:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T20:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2024-08-08T14:18:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T14:18:20","slug":"mississippis-2022-23-graduation-rate-of-89-4-marks-all-time-high-dropout-rate-falls-to-8-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/2024\/01\/18\/mississippis-2022-23-graduation-rate-of-89-4-marks-all-time-high-dropout-rate-falls-to-8-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi\u2019s 2022-23 graduation rate of 89.4% marks all-time high; dropout rate falls to 8.5%"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Immediate Release: \u00a0Jan. 18, 2024<\/p>\n

Mississippi\u2019s 2022-23 graduation rate of 89.4% marks all-time high; dropout rate falls to 8.5%<\/strong><\/p>\n

JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the 2022-23 school year graduation and dropout rates, showing an all-time high 89.4% graduation rate and a decreased 8.5% dropout rate.<\/p>\n

Rates are based on students who entered ninth grade for the first time during the 2019-20 school year. Among students with disabilities, the graduation rate increased to 70%, and the dropout rate decreased to 17.7%.<\/p>\n

MDE\u2019s latest figures mark a continuing impressive trend for Mississippi\u2019s public school students. The statewide graduation rate was 74.5% in 2013 and has increased annually. The rate does not include students who earned a GED or a certificate of completion.<\/p>\n

Pandemic disruptions affected the graduation rate in recent years. Due to COVID-19, passing requirements were waived for high school end-of-year assessments in Algebra I, English II, Biology and U.S. History in 2020-21. The waivers have had a positive impact on the graduation rate, but that impact should diminish for the 2023-24 school year.<\/p>\n

Mississippi\u2019s graduation rate exceeds the latest U.S. rate of 86.5% from 2019-20 reported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).<\/p>\n

The statewide dropout has decreased from 13.9% in 2013. The current dropout rate figures reflect a .5% decrease from 2021-22 and a 1.6% decrease among students with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hard work of students, parents, teachers, counselors and administrators across Mississippi continues to produce outstanding outcomes,\u201d said Dr. Raymond Morgigno, interim state superintendent of education. \u201cThe MDE is proud of our students\u2019 continued achievements and remains committed to ensuring all students graduate ready for college and career success.\u201d<\/p>\n

View the 2023 Graduation Rate Report at mdek12.org\/OPR\/Reporting\/Accountability\/2024<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Find all MDE news releases at mdek12.org\/news<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Shanderia Minor
\nPublic Information Officer
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\nsminor@mdek12.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: \u00a0Jan. 18, 2024 Mississippi\u2019s 2022-23 graduation rate of 89.4% marks all-time high; dropout rate falls to 8.5% JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the 2022-23 school year graduation and dropout rates, showing an all-time high 89.4% graduation rate and a decreased 8.5% dropout rate. Rates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2732,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions\/2732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}