MCPS Black Male Graduation Rate Tops the Nation

A new report from the Schott Foundation entitled The Urgency of Now, reports that Montgomery County Public Schools has the highest black male graduation rate in the country among large school districts ( >10,000 students).

Too few black male students in MCPS still graduate compared to white, non-Latino male students. But the report documents that the gap has been closing. In just two years (07/08 to 09/10) the graduation rate in MCPS for white, non-Latino males students increased by 4%, while the graduation rate in MCPS for black male students increased by 9%.

There are some voices in the county which claim that MCPS isn't "showing results". The facts just don't back that up.