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>>pessim+(OP)
64% of foster youth graduating high school is far far higher than I thought it would be. I’m beyond delighted by this. And if that 64% has free access to post-secondary… that’s a cycle breaking opportunity.

>>Waterl+s5
I wonder how many non-foster kids graduate high school?

>>hotpot+48
In California it’s ~85% of high school students graduate on average across all demographics

https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/ad/datasummary.asp

>>bushba+x8
Every time I see these numbers I'm shocked at how it's not >98%.

>>giantg+4a
If intelligence is distributed on a bell curve there are going to be some that can't graduate no matter how hard they work, and some more that can only graduate with a lot of hard work. Then throw in some more people that have some difficult life circumstances: parents dying, depression or other health issues, drug or alcohol problems, etc.

>>confid+yq
This number is including the fact that we already lower standards for those on the left side of the bell curve. It's entirely the difficult life situations at play.