Education officials in Clallam and Jefferson counties say they are tracking graduation and dropout rates in an effort to keep youngsters in school while giving them the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the real world.
A new report recently released by the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction may help them do just that.
Of the eight public school districts with high school programs on the North Olympic Peninsula, five — Cape Flattery, Crescent, Chimacum, Port Townsend and Sequim — exceeded the state average graduation rate of 72 percent.
The Quillayute Valley and Port Angeles districts fell short.
State officials said Quilcene failed to report the information required for the “Graduation and Dropout Statistics for Washington’s Counties, Districts, and Schools Final Report, School Year 2000-01.”
The report calculates on-time graduation rates for the 2000-01 school year based on the number of ninth graders beginning high school during the 1997-98 school year and graduating during the 2000-01 school year.
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