High School Graduation Rate

• Burnett County’s 4-year high school graduation rate is substantially below the Wisconsin state average.
• All other St. Croix River Valley counties in both Minnesota and Wisconsin have 4-year high school graduation rates considerably above their state average.
• Wisconsin jurisdictions tend to have higher high school graduation rates than Minnesota jurisdictions.

• Pierce, Polk and St. Croix Counties have had similar graduation rates over time, and all have consistently been above the state average.
• The 4-year graduation rate in Burnett County improved substantially between 2012 and 2020, with an average rate of increase of nearly 3% per year; however, the graduation rate in the county has fallen since then.

• The 4-year high school graduation rate in Washington County has consistently been higher than the Minnesota average, though that gap has narrowed slightly since 2013.
• Chisago County had higher 4-year graduation rates than the state average in 2012-13, but has been almost identical to the Minnesota average since that time.
   

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