Still, the graduation rate for most Colorado students of color, multilingual learners, children with disabilities and other groups lagged behind the statewide rate.
Devin Oliver takes a picture of himself with Jasmine Salgado Simental, left, as they and other students wait in the hallway before heading to the auditorium for commencement ceremonies for seniors of Aurora’s William Smith High School at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver on May 17, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. The public school had a 100% graduation rate and saw its largest-ever graduating class.
“While we are seeing promising progress, we are continuing to see our students of color and our students with the highest needs graduating below our statewide rates,” Colorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova said in a statement. “I am encouraged by the momentum of our state’s multiyear improvements, especially in the gaps that are closing, and we also must do more to keep students engaged in meaningful learning experiences that prepare them for success after graduation.
The gap between girls and boys graduating within four years narrowed in the past decade to 4.8 percentage points during the 2023-24 academic year. The graduation rate among girls was 86.6% while it was 81.8% among boys last year, data showed. "Black students specifically have... not been treated well and I think that we are working to repair the relational aspects with our students and families," said Simone Wright, chief of academics for Denver Public Schools, which also saw its graduation rate among Black students drop less then a percentage point last year.
For example, students with disabilities had a graduation rate of 71.9% — up 2.6 percentage points — and multilingual learners had a graduation rate of 70.7% — an increase of 1.3 percentage points — during the 2023-24 academic year, data showed DPS, the state's largest district, has worked to engage students so that they are able to complete the requirements needed for graduation, including by broadening the courses schools offer so that they interest students, said Samantha Haviland, the district's executive director of career and college success.
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