Modesto City Schools’ latest report on student achievement rates highlights large increases in success by English learners, but Black students saw a decrease in the graduation rate and an increase in the dropout rate. The information on the 2024-25 academic year was presented to the Board of Trustees at its Sept. 29 meeting.
The district measures student achievements and its own performance through several metrics: completion of A-G classes, graduation and dropout rates, dual enrollment rates, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate testing and passing rates, attendance and suspensions, the number of English learning students reclassified as English fluent students, biliteracy rates and more.
The district noted that it reclassified 953 students from English learners to fluent English speakers and that 320 students have earned the state seal of biliteracy…