Jersey City Reporter: Group (PCUE) advocates plan to improve test results

Four JC high schools have low graduation rates
Group advocates plan to improve test results
by Ricardo Kaulessar
Reporter Staff Writer


ABOUT GRADUATION REFORM – Yvonne Weaver (left) and Mahmood Ketabchi (right) are seeking reform of graduation standards in the Jersey City public high schools.
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A major determinant of a successful school system is the high school graduation rate.

By that standard, the Jersey City school district would get a failing grade, because the state Department of Education found that in the 2007-2008 school year, about three out of four students passed high school, or 74 percent. That is far below the state average of 92.8 percent.

Four of the city’s six high schools – Snyder, Lincoln, Ferris and Dickinson – had graduation rates for that period below the state average. Only McNair Academic (a magnet school for high-achievers) and Liberty (for kids who need small learning communities) were above average.

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