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Sequoyah Graduation Rate Drops 15 Percent

CCSD officials say a new method of calculating the graduation rate is to blame.

's graduation rate is the third lowest in the county after a new, more-accurate method of calculation, the "adjusted cohort rate," was used by the Department of Education, according to a CCSD press release.

The new method of calculation is dependent on data over an extended time period, according to a release.

CCSD officials also said that the new science and math-centered curriculum requires students who struggle in that area to take support classes. Those extra classes make it more difficult for students to accumulate the credits needed for graduation.

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Also under the new cohort adjustment calculation, special education students who graduate in five or six years count against the four-year graduation rate percent, according to the release.

Students who transfer without proper documentation are also considered to be dropouts.

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 The new results for Cherokee County schools follows: 

School

Previous Graduation Rate

New  Graduation Rate

Cherokee High School

78.4 percent

72.13 percent

92.6

86.91

Etowah High School

85.8

82.70

Sequoyah High School

95.7

80.00

Woodstock High School

87.5

81.40

Polaris Evening School

32.8

18.46

District Average

82.1 percent

74.82 percent

 

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