The Washoe County School District (WCSD) awarded high school diplomas to 3,937 students in the Class of 2022, 48 percent of whom (1,889 students) earned Honors, Advanced or College and Career Readiness diplomas.
In all, 3,937 students earned a high school diploma, marking an 84.4 percent graduation rate for the district. This represents an increase of 1.9 percentage points over 2021, when the district posted an 82.5 percent graduation rate.
“We are incredibly proud of our graduates and grateful to our families and staff who supported them in earning their diplomas,” said WCSD Superintendent Susan Enfield. “Whether it is college, career or military service, our goal in WCSD is to ensure that our students graduate prepared for whatever future they choose for themselves.”
This year’s graduation rates reflect a new coding structure adopted by the Nevada Department of Education which changed the way students who are expelled or who transfer to adult schools are considered in the calculation. These changes help align Nevada’s graduation calculation to federal policy, and positively impacted WCSD’s graduation rate by 2.8 percentage points.
“We are pleased with our graduation rates and we continue to identify areas in which our students, families and staff members need support,” said WCSD Chief Accountability Officer Joe Ernst. “We will go before the WCSD Board of Trustees at the public meeting on January 24 to discuss vital resources and supports we are providing to address these needs.”
During the COVID-19 pandemic, WCSD received funding through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) which helped provide additional resources to support students’ social-emotional needs and assist with academic recovery and success over three years. These resources include providing additional core teachers, counselors, social workers and graduation support staff to high schools to work directly with students to support individual needs and accelerate learning. In addition, WCSD developed site-specific tutoring plans to support student learning and providing intersessions and summer school opportunities districtwide.
Six high schools posted graduation rates above 90 percent: AACT (100 percent), TMCC (97.5 percent), Incline (93.1 percent), Reno (91.9 percent), Galena (91.6 percent), and McQueen (91.2 percent).
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