Graduation and Dropout Rates in Waukesha

Graduation rates in Waukesha are below the state average, although the rates varied throughout the district, when it comes to the number of 12th grade students enrolled in 2011-12 receiving a diploma, according to data from the state Department of Public Instruction.

Statewide in 2011-12, 88.6 percent of enrolled high school seniors received diplomas, and 5.5 percent of students dropped out of school. 

That year in Waukesha, 84.8 percent of students received diplomas, according to DPI data, and 7.55 percent dropped out of the Waukesha School District. By comparison, in Elmbrook, the graduation rate was 97.6 percent, with 1.1 percent dropping out.

However, the data includes information from all three high schools and charter schools, including Harvey Phillips Alternative School, which had a 70.6 percent graduation rate in 2011-12. The school district's online school had a 68.4 percent graduation rate. Waukesha Engineering Prep, which is housed at Waukesha South High School, had a 100 percent graduation rate.

Here are averages for the three main high schools:

• Waukesha West; 96.48 percent
• Waukesha South; 82.11 percent
• Waukesha North; 85.52 percent

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