Graduation Data: County vs. District

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Graduation rates vary considerably whether given on the state, county, or district level. The New Jersey education department each year reports graduation rates on a county-by-county level by computing the ratio of total graduates to fall enrollment when those graduates were high school freshmen. Although this year’s report isn’t yet available, Education Week used this methodology to calculate the countywide and districtwide rates using the raw data used to produce New Jersey’s most recent school report card. The table shows the great variance that occurs between some urban and suburban districts--a fact some observers say is glossed over by the countywide rates. Department officials, however, point out that student mobility makes it impossible to calculate a true graduation rate over four years because the state doesn’t currently know how many of the students who leave a district over the years transfer or drop out.

County	District	1995-96 Rate*	1995-96 Rate
Camden	Cherry Hill Township	82%	102%
Camden	Haddonfield Borough	82	100
Camden	Collingswood Borough	82	98
Camden	Haddon Township	82	94
Camden	Eastern Camden County Regional	82	90
Camden	Audubon Borough	82	89
Camden	Haddon Heights Borough	82	89
Camden	Lower Camden County Regional	82	86
Camden	Sterling High School	82	86
Camden	Gloucester City	82	84
Camden	Pennsauken Township	82	84
Camden	Black Horse Pike Regional	82	81
Camden	Camden City	82	52
Camden	Oaklyn Borough	82	N/A
Mercer	Hopewell Valley Regional	82%	104%
Mercer	Princeton Regional	82	103
Mercer	Lawrence Township	82	94
Mercer	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional	82	93
Mercer	East Windsor Regional	82	92
Mercer	Hamilton Township	82	88
Mercer	Trenton City	82	31
Mercer	Ewing Township	82	N/A

* The number of graduates in each county was calculated from the sum of fall senior enrollments multiplied by the percentage of those students who graduated later that year.

NOTE: Some rates are more than 100% in part because the number of graduates may include transfer students and others not included in fall enrollment counts.

SOURCE: New Jersey Department of Education.