Memphis-Shelby County Colleges commencement fee edges up

The highschool commencement fee for Memphis-Shelby County Colleges college students rose to 81.5 % in 2022-23, based on the Tennessee Division of Schooling, persevering with a rebound from the pandemic years.

MSCS nonetheless lagged behind the statewide commencement fee of 90.6%. However the outcomes mirrored a 1.4% enchancment from the earlier yr’s fee of 80.1%, and a giant turnaround from 2019-20 and 2020-21, when the commencement fee sank to 77.7%.

Fourteen excessive colleges — together with six constitution colleges — posted commencement charges of 90% or greater, whereas 21 excessive colleges elevated their commencement fee by at the very least one share level.

“We commend our educators, college students, and households for his or her exhausting work and we’re pleased with the features we proceed to see in our commencement charges,” interim Superintendent Toni Williams acknowledged in an MSCS press launch.

MSCS officers credited methods equivalent to Mission Commencement, through which college students can earn elective credit within the night, in addition to expanded tutoring with federal stimulus cash and funding to rent commencement coaches.

TDOE officers identified areas of enchancment throughout the state. Twenty-nine faculty districts boosted commencement charges for economically deprived college students by 5 share factors or extra, whereas 37 faculty districts improved commencement charges for college kids with disabilities by 5 share factors or extra, based on a division press launch.

“Tennessee’s steady dedication to making sure college students are profitable in graduating from highschool on time is demonstrated on this yr’s statewide commencement fee and is a direct results of the exhausting work of Tennessee administrators of colleges, directors, and educators have completed with our households and college students,” Schooling Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds acknowledged in a press launch.

MSCS excessive colleges with 2023-24 grad charges of 90% or greater

Constitution colleges are indicated by an asterisk.

• *Metropolis College College of Independence, 100%
• Hollis F. Worth Center Faculty, 100%; East Excessive, 98%
• *Memphis College of Excellence, 96.6%
• *Energy Middle Academy Excessive, 96.6%
• Center Faculty Excessive, 95.9%; Germantown Excessive, 95.3%
• *Crosstown Excessive, 93.9%
• *Memphis Academy of Science Engineering Center/Excessive, 93.3%
• Whitehaven Excessive, 92%
• *Soulsville Constitution College, 91.8%
• White Station Excessive, 91.2%
• Ridgeway Excessive, 90.6%
• Central Excessive, 90.2%

Bureau Chief Tonyaa Weathersbee oversees Chalkbeat Tennessee’s schooling protection. Attain her at [email protected].