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Rochester, New York: America’s first boom town, cuttingly nicknamed Smugtown, can be understood as being comprised of a toxic soup of socio-economic and educational data regarding its urban school district and youth that ought to shock anyone who hears it. In 2014, the Rochester City School District (RCSD) graduated 43.4 % of its students overall within four years (Gorbman (New H.S. graduation rates: RCSD lowest percentage in NYS, 2014)). With the addition of Summer School, the number reached 51 %. Although the overall high school graduation rates in Rochester are routinely the worst in New York State, the graduation rates for Black and Latino/a students stand out when examined in comparison to all students in the state. |
