Grade retention rates by school district in Massachusetts
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definitions:
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education defines a student retention as a student who was reported to have repeated the grade in which he or she was enrolled during the previous school year.
Rate – Number of students per 100 enrolled.
NA – The district did not have students in that school year.
Data Source:
From the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Student Attendance and Retention Report
http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/indicators.aspx
Footnotes:
Updated November 2018 with data as of September 2017