Hazlet Leads in Graduation Rates

The Hazlet Township School District got some good news from the state Department of Education.

The district ranked No. 5 in graduation rates in Monmouth County for the 2013 and 2013, and well above the statewide average graduation rate.

Across the state, the four-year graduation rate increased from 86.5 percent in 2012 to 87.5 percent in 2013. In Hazlet, the district graduation rate was above state averages and ranked fifth in the county out of 19 Monmouth County public school districts, with a rate of 95.5 percent. 

In addition, in a three-year study conducted among Monmouth County School Districts, Hazlet ranked sixth overall. When compared to peer schools, as listed in the New Jersey Performance Report, Raritan High School’s graduation rate for the 2013 school year was 3rd out of 31 schools.

“We are proud of the efforts of our entire educational community to have our students graduate Raritan High School with the requisite skills to be successful global citizens and will continue to work towards bringing our mission of ‘Educating our students to achieve their maximum potential’ to fruition,” said Dr. Bernard F. Bragen Jr., Superintendent of the Hazlet Township Public Schools.

This is the third year the state is using a federally mandated methodology for calculating the graduation rate. The federal methodology is designed to provide a more complete accounting of graduation rates by tracking cohorts of students over four years, starting from the time they enter the ninth grade.

“High school graduation is a journey that takes more than a decade for an individual student, and at each point in that journey our teachers and principals are working hard to launch those students forward.  Today, we celebrate those accomplishments and congratulate our students and educators,” said New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Chris Cerf said in a press release.

More information on the State graduation data can be found online.