Dropout - On Time Graduation Rates

The number of Washington State high school students who do not complete high school on-time is still high.

• The Office of Superintendent of Public Instructions estimates that only 70 percent of the Class of 2004 graduated on time.

Washington’s lowest on-time graduation rates can be found among the state’s students of color.

• For African Americans and Hispanics, it is 54 percent, and Native Americans, 47 percent, compared to 74 percent for whites and 78 percent for Asian Americans.
• For African Americans, the counties with the lowest on-time graduation rates are:

	Lewis	7.1 percent
	Skagit	17.0 percent
	Franklin	34.4 percent
	Yakima	38.0 percent
	Mason	36.8 percent

• For Hispanics:

	Clallum	32.6 percent
	Asotin	35.0 percent
	Jefferson	38.3 percent
	Skagit	39.0 percent
	Lewis	39.5 percent

• For Native Americans:

	Walla Walla	21.4 percent
	Chelan	30.8 percent
	Clark	33.2 percent
	Skagit	34.5 percent
	Stevens	35.5 percent

 

Washington counties with the lowest on-time graduation rates (all students) are:

	Pacific	43.9 percent
	Yakima	58.7 percent
	Franklin	58.0 percent
	Skagit	59.1 percent
	Mason	60.6  percent