The state graduation rate declined from 81.4 percent for the class of 2018 to 80.1 percent for the class of 2019.
New Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says it’s a disappointing development after years of gains in the graduation rate.
“Unfortunately the 2019 class did see a small dip from the previous year, but the trend is positive, the trend is going in the right direction,” says Brumley.
Louisiana high schools did graduate a record 42,650 students for the class of 2019.
In some good news, the number of students graduating with college credit or industry credentials went up ten percent. Brumley says further increasing that number will be a focus during his tenure.
“We have seen these numbers increase over the past few years and that is certainly worth celebrating and at the same time we recognize we still have a long ways to go to get to where we need to be in this state,” says Brumley.
Just over half of all students in the 2019 class graduated with college credits or credentials.
Brumley says it’s too early to determine whether the pandemic will result in an even lower graduation rate for the 2020 class and potentially the 2021 class.
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