Michigan has the nation’s lowest graduation rate for black male students, while Detroit has the second-lowest rate for big-city school districts, according to a report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education. Other findings:
- The state of New York has 3 of the 10 districts (NYC, Rochester and Buffalo) with the lowest graduation rates for Black males.
- Indianapolis ranks dead last, graduating only 19% of its black male students.
- The one million black male students enrolled in the New York, Florida, and Georgia public schools are twice as likely not to graduate with their class.
- Illinois and Wisconsin have nearly 40-point gaps between “how effectively they educate their Black and White non-Hispanic male students.”
While Detroit graduates a mere 20% of its black male students, that’s actually higher than the 17% of white male students who graduate.
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