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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]141 5th graders to 58 11th graders?

For a public school?

Wow. [/quote]

60% attention rate.
 
Range is going to be anywhere between 40-60%.

DCI 4-5%

Latin - I would guess also similar under 5%.

Huge contrast [/quote]

Latin has a much higher retention, but they also backfill at every grade level. First number is number of students enrolled, number in parentheses is the number of students who continued on from the prior year.

SY19-20 5th grade class: 95 > 94 (92) > 91 (89) > 96 (91) > 94 (77) > 89 (89)
SY20-21 5th grade class: 95 > 96 (94) > 95 (95) > 97 (93) > 95 (78)
SY21-22 5th grade class: 96 > 93 (91) > 100 (93) > 98 (96)
SY22-23 5th grade class: 99 > 99 (95) > 98 (97)
SY23-24 5th grade class: 97 > 97 (96)[/quote]

Same data for DCI.

First number is number of students enrolled, number in parentheses is the number of students who continued on from the prior year.

SY19-20 6th grade class: 254 > 260 (242) > 249 (241) > 247 (211) > 208 (205) > 203 (196)
SY20-21 6th grade class: 262 > 258 (248) > 268 (249) > 241 (222) > 228 (227)
SY21-22 6th grade class: 259 > 246 (235) > 246 (238) > 240 (201)
SY22-23 6th grade class: 272 > 257 (253) > 247 (239)
SY23-24 6th grade class: 274 > 262 (259)[/quote]

If we make the simplifying assumption that all Latin and DCI attrition comes from the original class, we get retention rates from original class as follows:

BASIS retention through 8th: 59-73%
BASIS retention through 9th: 42-43%
DCI retention through 8th: 86-91%
DCI retention through 9th: 70-74%
Latin retention through 8th: 91-96%
Latin retention through 9th: 72-76%[/quote]

Now provide the percentages for kids below grade level at Latin and DCI that are socially promoted every year.

Just because kids don’t leave doesn’t mean the school is any good.

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Here is a light bulb.  If you have tracking, it doesn’t matter because kids will be grouped by ability level and the high performing kids won’t be in the same class as the lower performing kids.  Classes will also progress at different pace and depth on what that group can handle.

Lastly, when you have such low retention rates and lose 1/3rd of your class by 8th and 1/2 by 9th before even ending middle school, that is concerning and a red flag.  These grades are not a typical transition like 9th to 10th.

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