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Article: MPS graduation rate is 46%, study says; District disagrees, but it lags suburbs
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 2, 2008
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Milwaukee Public Schools was one of 17 urban districts listed
with a graduation rate below 50% in a report released Tuesday by
America's Promise Alliance, an organization aimed at promoting
solutions to problems affecting America's youth.
MPS was listed as having a graduation rate of 46.1%, based on
data from the 2003-'04 school year. That put MPS in 38th place among
the 50 largest districts in the nation. Detroit was at the bottom of
the list with a graduation rate of 24.9%, with Indianapolis,
Cleveland and Baltimore coming in between 30% and 40%.
But the concern expressed in the report about the graduation
rates in urban school systems applied across the breadth of the
nation. Overall, ...