Wake County
NC's Native American Students Cut Chronic Absence From 48.7% to 40.9%. The Gap With White Students Stayed Above 20 Points.
Native American students in North Carolina brought their chronic absence rate down from 48.7% in 2021-22 to 40.9% in 2023-24, the latest year of state attendance data available for this analysis. Whit...
15 NC Districts Hit All-Time Graduation Highs in 2024
North Carolina's statewide 4-year graduation rate was 87.0% in 2024. That looks like a plateau: from 2017 through 2024, the state figure stayed between 86.3% and 87.6%, a 1.3-point band.
Guilford County: From 74% to a Record 92%, Outpacing Every Large NC District
Guilford County Schools has done something no other large district in North Carolina has managed: sustained excellence without interruption. The state's third-largest district posted a 92.2% graduatio...
Charlotte-Mecklenburg: How North Carolina's Largest District Fell Behind
In 2016, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools posted a graduation rate of 89.6% — above the state average, 2.5 points ahead of Wake County. The state's largest district looked like it was about to join the 9...