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January 25, 2023

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Linda Finnerty, Chief Communications Officer
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WDE RELEASES 2022-23 GRADUATION RATES

CHEYENNE ? The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) announced that high school graduation rates remained relatively consistent, with 81.4 percent in 2022-23, a slight decrease of .4 percent from 2021-22?s 81.8 percent. Wyoming?s graduation rates have remained statistically strong ? above 80 percent since 2015-16. Despite the slight decrease, 284 more students graduated last year, than the year prior.?

GRADUATION RATES

?Not only will we continue to work toward every high school senior graduating, but that when they do they are fully prepared for the future workforce,? said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder.

Students concentrating in a Career and Technical Education (CTE) program of study had much higher graduation rates than their peers. CTE remains a top priority in Superintendent Degenfelder's strategic plan.

CTE

Thirteen Wyoming school districts posted graduation rates of 90% or above, including:

Park #16 - 100%
Sheridan #3 - 100
Sublette #1 - 97.6%
Converse #2 - 95.9%
Teton #1 - 93.7%
Weston #7 - 93.3%
Carbon #2 - 93.2%
Uinta #4 - 93.1%
Fremont #2 - 91.7%
Fremont #24 - 91.7%
Lincoln #1 - 91.7%
Sublette #9 - 90.9%
Sheridan #2 - 90.2%

Full graduation rate statistics are available *here* [ [link removed] ].

Since the 2009-10 school year, the WDE has calculated graduation rates using the Federal Four-Year Adjusted Cohort Methodology established by the U.S. Department of Education, complying with federal law that requires all states to calculate graduation rates the same way. Students are counted in the four-year, ?on-time,? high school graduation rate if they earn a diploma by September 15 following their cohort?s fourth year. Five- and six-year graduation rates are also calculated and can be viewed with the rest of the graduation rate data.

?*Graduation Rate Brochure* [ [link removed] ]

*Graduation Rate Methodology* [ [link removed] ]

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