1. High schools are not preparing students with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel after graduation. Only 1 in 4 high school students graduate college-ready in the 4 core subjects of English, reading, math and science.
2. Roughly half of the students who enter a 4-year school will receive a bachelor’s degree within 6 years.
3. Approximately 6 million students, grades 7 through 12, are struggling to read at grade-level. Among the highest, 70% of 8th graders read below the standard.
4. 1.3 million high school students don't graduate on time yearly. States with highest rates (80-89%) are Wisconsin, Iowa, Vermont, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. States with lowest (less than 60%) are Nevada, New Mexico, Louisiana, Georgia and S. Carolina.
*Graduation rates don't necessarily mean a school is good. Massachusetts is commonly ranked as one of the best states for education standards, but they're not among the states with the highest graduation rates. Wisconsin might have much lower standards. In theory, a student from a state with low education standards and a state with high education standards could be accepted to the same college. Colleges will view both as equally prepared, while one of the students is actually farther behind than the other, unaware that the label "high school graduate" doesn't mean the same thing in each state.
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-education-america
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