"DPS Dropout Rate Ranked One Of Worst"

Study Says Less Than Half Of DPS Students Are Graduating On Time

Russell Haythorn, 7NEWS Reporter

POSTED: 4:03 pm MDT April 1, 2008

UPDATED: 6:33 pm MDT April 1, 2008

DENVER -- A new study ranks the dropout rate in Denver Public Schools one of the worst in the nation, according to a report out from America's Promise Alliance.

While the graduation rate in the suburbs of Denver is more than 80 percent, that number drops significantly inside the city.

Only 47 percent of DPS students are graduating on time.

Those cities with the greatest disparities between urban and suburban graduation rates were Baltimore, Md. (47 percent); Columbus, Ohio (42 percent); Cleveland, Ohio (40 percent); New York, N.Y. (35.5 percent); and Denver (34 percent).