High School graduation rates by race and ethnicity in Maine
Why This Indicator Matters
What the data shows
The 2021Maine high school graduation rates within 4 years declined from 87.4% to 86.1%, the lowest rate since 2016. The Black/African American student rate fell 7 percentage points from 83.1% to 75.9%, the Non-Hispanic white rate fell from 87.8% to 86.9%; and the Asian rate fell from 94.8% to 91.3%. Hispanics and students of two or more races did not experience a decline in graduation rates.
Comparing Maine to the nation, the latest data is 2019. For the United States, the 2019 rate of graduation was 74.3% for Native American, 79.6% for Black/African American, 81.7% for Hispanic, 89.4% for White, and 92.6% for Asian students. Maine's high school graduation rate in 2019 was higher for Asian at 94.1%, for Native American at 78.5%, and Hispanic at 82.3% and slightly lower for Non-Hispanic white students at 87.9%, and Black/African American at 80.3%.
High School graduation rates by race and ethnicity
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Definitions:
The percent of youth who graduate in 4 years from public schools and 60% publicly funded private schools. Race & ethnicity is self reported at each high school and is compiled at the state level.
The numerator is the number of students of a particular race who graduated from high school in 4 years and the denominator is the number of students who started high school 4 years earlier.
Data Source:
Data Sources:
Maine Dept. of Education Data Warehouse
State Graduation Rates by Race and Ethnicity 2018-2019
Footnotes:
This data looks at a cohort of students who began ninth grade 4 years prior to see if they graduated within 4 years. Some students graduate in 5 years and 6 years and this is still a good outcome, but this is not included in the measure. For example, in 2021, 73.1% of American Indian students graduated in 4 years, but 82.4% graduated in 6 years. For Black students in 2021, 75.9% graduated in 4 years, but 87.6% in 5-years.
Note that data from prior years have been updated to reflect Maine DOE's most recent results back to 2021.
Updated January 2022.