December 18, 2009 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information:
Lynn Setzer, lsetzer@jeffco.k12.co.us, Jeffco Public Schools, 303-982-6810
Melissa Reeves, mdreeves@jeffco.k12.co.us, Jeffco Public Schools, 303-982-6567

Jeffco’s graduate rate on the rise
According to information released by the Colorado Department of Education, more than 80 percent of Jeffco students are graduating.  Jeffco’s 2008-09 graduation rate is 81.3 percent, an increase of 4.2 percentage points over the year before.  Additionally, the district’s dropout rate has gone down to 2.3 percent – a decrease of .9 percentage points over the previous year.

“This improvement demonstrates that when all of our schools are focused on supporting every student every day and excellence in instruction, these are the results we get.  This is great news and it’s because of the hard work of all of our employees. But we won’t stop our efforts until 100 percent of our students graduate with good choices for their future,” said Jeffco Superintendent Cindy Stevenson.

The graduation rate improvements include these points of pride:

The dropout rate improvements include these points of pride:

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