2021 Graduation Rates

Overview

On March 30, 2022, the Minnesota Department of Education released the 2021 graduation rates. We are excited to share that we have made consistent gains in many areas and that Richfield High School’s four-year graduation rate exceeds the statewide graduation (83.3%) rate by 7.4 percentage points.

Highlights

90.7% graduation rate for Richfield High School (up 9.8 percentage points since 2017)
72.3% graduation rate for the Richfield College Experience Program (up 57.3 percentage points since 2017)

The gains we have been steadily making are a direct result of the targeted, dedicated work by our teachers and support staff. We also made many systemic changes, such as increased diversity in our Advanced Placement (AP) courses and a greater variety of options for challenging coursework at the high school thanks to student voice through Reimagine Richfield and our strategic plan.

Richfield High School: 10-Year History

The growth over the past ten years shows where RHS was prior to the 2015-2020 strategic plan and Reimagine Richfield, which was held during the 2017-18 school year. Other factors in the timeline include the hiring of Superintendent Unowsky in 2014 and the hiring of Dr. Latanya Daniels (currently the Assistant Superintendent) as the principal of RHS in 2015.

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
RHS	68.1%	76.1%	80.2%	76.9%	81.2%	80.9%	84.3%	82.0%	89.4%	90.8%
State	78.4%	80.4%	81.4%	82.1%	82.5%	83.0%	83.2%	83.7%	83.8%	83.3%

Richfield High School: By Race

The red bars in this graph represent the RHS graduation rate for all students, while the lines represent our four largest student demographic groups.

In 2021, the graduation rate and total number of graduates for each demographic group were:

All: 90.75% of 227 students
White: 96.39% of 83 students
Black: 94.29% of 35 students
Latinx: 85.19% of 81 students
Asian: 78.57% of 14 students
Pacific Islander: NA (1 student)
American Indian: NA (1 student)
Two or more races: 100% of 12 students

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
White Students	90.4%	91.7%	96.6%	89.7%	96.4%
Black Students	74.0%	78.7%	79.3%	90.9%	94.3%
Latinx Students	77.1%	77.7%	69.1%	85.9%	85.2%
Asian Students	81.3%	86.7%	91.7%	100%	78.6%

2021 statewide graduation rates for students disaggregated by race compared to RHS.

	White Students	Black Students	LatinX Students	Asian Students
RHS	96.4%	94.3%	85.2%	78.6%
State of Minnesota	92.4%	78.8%	77.6%	93.1%

Richfield High School: By Gender

The Minnesota statewide data is also disaggregated by gender. As of 2021, this only includes male and female. We hope that future reports will be more inclusive of students and their gender identities.

2021 RHS Graduates

Female: 93.3% of 119 students
Male: 88.0% of 108 students

2021 Statewide

Female: 90.9%
Male: 87.1%

Richfield High School: By Student Services

For students qualifying for free/reduced-price meals and receiving special education services, we have seen five-year gains as well. Students in our multilingual program have seen shifts over time, which is due to the constant changes in this demographic group. Specifically, as new students enter our district with little or no prior English experience in any given year.

For 2021, the graduation rates and totals for each group were:

Special Education: 73.53% of 34 students
English Learners: 67.65% of 34 students
Free/Reduced Meals: 85.51% of 138 students

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Students in Special Education	50.0%	65.2%	68.6%	75.4%	73.5%
Students Learning English	72.0%	75.3%	64.5%	82.6%	67.7%
Students Qualifying for Free/Reduced Meals	75.9%	80.2%	77.7%	87.6%	85.5%

2021 statewide graduation rates for students disaggregated by services compared to RHS.

	Special Education	English Language Learners	Free/Reduced Price Meals
Richfield High School	73.5%	67.7%	85.5%
State of Minnesota	80.0%	79.4%	79.7%

Richfield College Experience Program

We are especially proud of the growth in the Richfield College Experience Program (RCEP). This is an alternative program for high school students and often involves credit recovery.

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
RCEP: Total Enrollment	48	68	62	64	58
RCEP: Graduation Rate	15.0%	20.0%	26.8%	63.3%	72.3%

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