Graduation Rate
The "four-year cohort graduation rate" shows that 612 of 1,576 students who entered Allen and Dieruff high schools as freshmen in 2006-07 dropped out before getting a diploma in the 2009-10 school year.
In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Allentown School District's rate was 62.71% for 2010.
According to traditional graduation rate calculations:
- 2010 - 69%
- 2009 - 67%
- 2008 - 67%
- 2007 - 67%
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of the Allentown School District was in the 2nd percentile among 500 Pennsylvania school districts. Scale (0-99; 100 is state best)
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