Students experiencing intergenerational poverty who graduate from high school.
Current Value
79%
Definition
Why Is This Important?
In most job sectors providing an income sufficient to meet the basic needs of a family, an education beyond high school is a minimum requirement. As a result of the relationship between educational attainment and employment, one's success in adulthood is connected to academic achievement. In order to ensure that children experiencing intergenerational poverty have the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty, they progress in their academic careers. This forward progress will ensure high school graduation and later success in post-secondary education or training.
Explanation for the Indicator
This indicator provides a rate of intergenerational poverty students who graduated from high school in their cohort year. The target rate is the statewide graduation rate among all students in the cohort year.