This indicator measures the four year graduation rate across New York State and the four major urban, upstate school districts. 

This indicator measures graduation rates for Onondaga County schools as is defined by New York State. For 2008-09, the graduation rate is the percentage of students from the 2004 cohort that earned a local or Regents diploma by Aug. 31, 2009.

The NYS “Graduation Rate Standard is the criterion value that represents a minimally satisfactory percentage of cohort members earning a local diploma.”  For 2008-09, the NYS Graduation Rate Standard was 55 percent. For a school or district to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in graduation rates, the graduation rate must equal or exceed the Graduation Rate Standard for that year.