Slightly less Virginians graduated from high school in 2022 when compared to last year, data from the state’s board of education shows.
According to the Virginia Department of Education, 92.1% of public high school graduates graduated in 2022, which is a slight decrease from 2021 when 93% graduated. This year’s numbers are still higher than the Class of 2019 pre-pandemic graduation rate of 91.5%.
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However, the dropout rate went up as well. According to state figures, 5.19% of the 98,648 students dropped out, up from 4.3% from the class of 2021.
Also, the number of Hispanic graduates went down by roughly 2%.
Black and White students were less impacted but still had lower graduation rates than 2021.
This is the breakdown by race of the Class of 2022 graduates:
- American Indian – 86.34%
- Asian – 98.25%
- Black – 90.27%
- Hispanic – 83.12%
- Native Hawaiian – 96%
- White – 94.88%
- Multiple Races – 93.59%
Graduation rates went down for students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged students and English learners. According to the state’s department of education, 72.29% of English learners graduated in 2022, down from 77.2% in 2021.
Late last month, data released from the state’s Department of Education revealed 89% percent of Virginia school got full accreditation for the 2022-23 school year. That’s down from 92% in 2019-2020, the last time data was released on accreditation.
