Kids Count Data Center

Definitions: Percentage of students who graduated within four years of the first time the students entered the 9th grade

Data Source: Hawaii State Department of Education, Systems Accountability Office. (n.d.). Records, 2003-2008. Special tabulation for Center on the Family.

Footnotes: Each year's on-time graduation rate is based on a cohort of first-time 9th graders in the school year represented by the graduating year minus three. Students who transfer out of state or to another county during the four years are not used in either county's rate calculation. Students who transfer-in after the official enrollment rosters are established in the 9th grade cohort's year are not added to the cohort. The 2008 on-time graduation rate is preliminary. Hawai‘i data could not be compared to national data that the National Center for Education Statistics provided because of the different methodologies used in the calculations. County-level data were only available from Hawai‘i State Department of Education.

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.