Pennsylvania

This comprehensive document tracks Philadelphia’s past in order to inform its present and future decisions that impact the health, safety, education and overall well-being of the city’s children and youth. Like any five-year old, Report Card 2004 is notable for its growth over the past few years.

Every year in Pennsylvania, one out of five high school students fails to graduate. Of the 153,523 ninth graders who started high school in 2000-01, those not reaching graduation four years later (2003-04) totaled 33,349 or 21.7 percent - more than one in five students. Nationally, only 71 percent of ninth graders graduate four years later (National Education Summit on High Schools, NGA and Achieve, Inc., 2005).