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2005 graduation and dropout rates
Rates by ethnicity
Anglo: 62.4 percent graduate; 13.6 percent drop out
Asian: 69.2 percent graduate; 10.3 percent drop out
Black: 44.5 percent graduate; 22.0 percent drop out
Hispanic:46.7 percent graduate; 25.1 drop out
American Indian: 36.1 percent graduate; 18.6 percent drop out
Rates by high school
Albuquerque High School: 42.6 percent graduate; 25.3 percent drop out
Cibola: 57.4 percent graduate; 14.6 percent drop out
Del Norte: 49.5 percent graduate; 23.1 percent drop out
Eldorado: 65.6 percent graduate; 15.4 percent drop out
Highland: 46.4 percent graduate; 21.5 percent drop out
La Cueva: 69.5 percent graduate; 9.6 percent drop out
Manzano: 55.7 percent graduate; 15.2 percent drop out
Rio Grande: 43.1 percent graduate; 23.8 percent drop out
Sandia: 64.4 percent graduate; 15.2 percent drop out
Valley: 48.8 percent graduate; 26.9 percent drop out
West Mesa: 40.2 percent graduate; 26.6 percent drop out
Source: Albuquerque Public Schools
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Fewer than 55 percent of the freshmen who began their school experience in Albuquerque Public Schools graduated after four years in the district.
But the 52.6 percent graduation rate for the class of 2005 doesn't mean 47.4 dropped out. In fact, dropout rates continue to decline, and at 20 percent they are on par with the national average.
It appears that while students are taking longer, more of them are completing high school than in recent years. The numbers released Thursday by APS are in the Cohort Status Report for the Class of 2005.
If only 52.6 percent graduate in four years and 20 percent are dropping out, where is the remaining 27.4 percent?
The report found that 18.6 percent of APS freshmen transferred out of the district before they completed high school. For example, if a student began ninth grade at Eldorado, but as a sophomore moved to Los Lunas High School, the student would not be counted as either a graduate or dropout. Expelled students made up only 0.1 percent — six students districtwide in the entire 2005 cohort, according to the report. Eleven students died during high school, accounting for 0.2 percent of the population, the report said. The remaining students are still active, meaning they did not complete high school in four years, according to the report. The district's graduation rate has been hovering around 52 percent for five years, but dropout rates have steadily declined, from 30.6 percent in 2001 to 20 percent in 2005.
RoseAnn McKernan, director of research, development and accountability for APS, said it would be a couple of months before her department would be able to release the numbers for the class of 2006.
