Two WCPSS High Schools Honored for High Graduation Rates

October 13, 2011 - The state honored Green Hope and Panther Creek high schools in ceremonies this week for the state’s school districts and high schools with high graduation rates.

State Superintendent June Atkinson joined Lt. Governor Walter Dalton and State Board of Education Chairman Bill Harrison in a ceremony in the Research Triangle Park where they recognized Green Hope and Panther Creek high schools for having top graduation rates in the state in 2010-11.

Green Hope and Panther Creek had the highest four-year cohort graduation rates for high schools in the state with 500 seniors or more in the 2010-11 school year. Green Hope had 500 graduates in the four-year cohort and Panther Creek had 575.

Green Hope had a rate of 95.2 percent, the highest of high schools of its size in the state. Panther Creek had a rate of 93.4 percent, second highest among these schools.

The state began this recognition program in 2008. The state has recognized Green Hope every year. Panther Creek earned the honor two years in a row with its first two graduating classes.

The principal of Green Hope High is James Hedrick. The principal of Panther Creek High is Rodney Nelson.

Overall for WCPSS schools, the four-year graduation rate is 80.9 percent. Last year, the WCPSS rate was 78.2 percent.

North Carolina's statewide four-year cohort graduation rate for 2010-11 is 77.9 percent, which is up 3.7 percentage points from 2009-10. This rate has improved every year since 2006 when North Carolina reported its first measurement of a cohort graduation rate.

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