High School Graduation Rates – Wisconsin

State, MPS post improved high school graduation rates, By Erin Richards, May 17, 2012, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Wisconsin’s public high school students posted a graduation rate of 87% in 2011, a figure that’s higher than the average graduation rate of students in 2010, according to data released Thursday by the state Department of Public Instruction. The new data is based on a four-year rate calculation that counts only students who earn a regular high school diploma within four years of starting high school. It’s the second year that Wisconsin has had to calculate rates in the method, which is required by the U.S. Department of Education. Wisconsin’s average high school graduation rate looks more favorable under the old method the state used for making such calculations. Known as the legacy rate, it counts other students who took longer than four years to finish high school…”