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Graduation Rate Differential

Significant disparities by race/ethnicity and income in Lincoln Public Schools graduation rates persist
In the 2023-24 school year, the Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) graduation rate was 85%. However, significant disparities in graduation rates exist by race/ethnicity and income.

  • 79% of students who receive free/reduced lunch (a proxy for low-income28) graduated from LPS in the 2023-24 school year, which is 6 percentage points less than the overall LPS population.
  • Just over 89% of students who identify as White graduated from LPS in the 2023-24 school year, which is 4 percentage points higher than the overall LPS population.
  • Just under 89% of students who identify as Asian graduated from LPS in the 2023-24 school year, which is 4 percentage points higher than the overall LPS population.
  • 80% of students who identify as Black or African American graduated from LPS in the 2023-24 school year, which is 5 percentage points lower than the overall LPS population.
  • 77% of students who identify as Latino/a or Hispanic graduated from LPS in the 2023-24 school year, which is 8 percentage points lower than the overall LPS population.
  • 50% of students who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native graduated from LPS in the 2023-24 school year, which is 35 percentage points lower than the overall LPS population.
Notes

Nebraska Department of Education, Nebraska Education Profile.

Data suppressed for American Indian/Alaska Natives for 2013-14, and for 2017-18 due to too few data points.

Footnotes
  1. In general, students are eligible for free lunch if their household income is less than 130% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, and eligible for reduced price lunch if their household income is less than 185% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines. In the 2022-23 school year, students in a family of four with a household income less than $36,075 would be eligible for free lunch, and those with a household income less than $51,338 would be eligible for reduced lunch. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. (2022). Child nutrition programs: Income eligibility guidelines. Federal Register/Vol. 87, No. 32/Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Retrieved 11.26.2024.