Baltimore City Wire

About 65.89 percent of New Era Academy ninth through 11th graders advanced to the next grade level in 2017 and 63.93 percent of seniors graduated on time, according to the latest schools report card by the Maryland State Department of Education.

Just 5.92 percent of students in the Class of 2017 dropped out of high school.

The average four-year graduation rate is 87.67 percent in Maryland.

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Grade 9	61.7	>= 95	75.9	74.2	57.1
Grade 10	77.8	>= 95	>= 95	81.3	67
Grade 11	69.4	>= 95	>= 95	87	79
Grade 12	82.8	78.8	>= 95	90.2	>= 95

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Three-year adjusted cohort	<= 5	<= 5	<= 5	<= 5	<= 5
Four-year adjusted cohort	65.75	73.08	67.57	55.32	63.93
Five-year adjusted cohort	68.49	90.2	76.19	67.39	-