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Graduating Class Dropout Rate Differential

Significant disparities by race/ethnicity and income in Lincoln Public Schools graduating class dropout rates persist

The Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) High School graduating class dropout rate for the class of 2020 was 5%. However, significant disparities in graduating class dropout rates exist by race/ethnicity.

• 14% of LPS students in the class of 2020 who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native dropped out in the 2019-20 school year, which is 9 percentage points higher than the overall 2020 LPS graduating class.
• 10% of LPS students in the class of 2020 who identify as Latino/a or Hispanic dropped out in the 2019-20 school year, which is 5 percentage points higher than the overall 2020 LPS graduating class.
• 6% of LPS students in the class of 2020 who identify as Black or African American dropped out in the 2019-20 school year, which is 1 percentage point higher than the overall 2020 LPS graduating class.
• 4% of LPS students in the class of 2020 who identify as Asian dropped out in the 2019-20 school year, which is 1 percentage point lower than the overall 2020 LPS graduating class.
• 4% of LPS students in the class of 2020 who identify as White dropped out in the 2019-20 school year, which is 1 percentage point lower than the overall 2020 LPS graduating class.

Notes

Lincoln Public Schools, District Longitudinal Graduation Rate Reports.

Most recent data available by race/ethnicity is for the 2019-20 school year.

The graduating class dropout rate is calculated only for students in the graduating class of the school year, students who take longer than 4 years to graduate are not counted as a drop-out. Longitudinal dropout rates are typically reported as the percentage of students who were enrolled in the same class year at the beginning of ninth grade who drop out before graduation after 4 years.