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Graduation Rate

Lincoln Public Schools high school graduation rate remains lower than national average

In the 2023-24 school year, Nebraska’s high school graduation rate exceeded the graduation rate for Lincoln Public Schools (LPS). However, the high school graduation rate for Lincoln Public Schools has reached its highest point since the earliest data available in 2001.

• In the 2023-24 school year, the LPS high school graduation rate was 85%, whereas Nebraska’s graduation rate was 87%.
• The most recent national high school graduation data was available for the 2021-22 school year, where 87% of public high school students received their high school diploma within four years of starting high school in the 2021-22 school year.^{26, 27}

Notes

Nebraska Department of Education, Nebraska Education Profile.

In Fall 2010, Nebraska started tracking graduation as the four-year graduation rate (graduating within four years of starting ninth grade). U.S. ACGR not reported for 2020-2021 SY. Data shown through most recent year available.

National graduation rate data was not available for the 2020-21 school year, due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Data is most recently available for the 2021-22 school year.

Footnotes

26. This is the Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the nation, considered the most accurate estimate of four-year graduation rates. McFarland, J., Hussar, B., Zhang, J., Wang, X., Wang, K., Hein, S., Diliberti, M., Forrest Cataldi, E., Bullock Mann, F., and Barmer, A. (2019). The Condition of Education 2019 (NCES 2019-144). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 11.12.2019.
27. A 100% graduation rate is unlikely, in part because some special education students continue to receive educational services beyond four years of high school, some students graduate but in more than four years, and due to student mobility out of districts and state.