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Updated March 2019
Graduation Rates in BC
Graduation rates of BC secondary students have steadily increased in the last 15 years.1
Between 2003–04 and 2017–18,
the six-year Dogwood Diploma completion rates for public school students increased
by 5.7%. The gap in completion rates between male and female students decreased
from 8.2% to 3.5%.

Graduation rates for Aboriginal students increased and the gap in graduation rates between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students has narrowed.2
The six-year Dogwood
completion rate of Aboriginal students increased from 46.8% to 69.6% in the
last fifteen years. The difference in completion rates of Aboriginal and
non-Aboriginal students has also decreased from 35.1% in 2003–04 to 16.9% in
2017–18.

Source: Ministry
of Education. (2019). BC Schools - Six Year Completion Rate.
Values are rounded to the nearest
tenth of a percent.
Graduation rates for student in English Language Learner programs has increased.3
The six-year Dogwood
completion rate of students in ELL programs has increased by 5.3% in the last
fifteen years.

Source: Ministry of
Education. (2019). BC Schools - Six Year Completion Rate. Values are rounded to the nearest tenth of a
percent.
However, the graduation rate of non-resident students has fallen, and the gap between non-resident and other students has increased.4
The six-year Dogwood
completion rate of non-resident students has fallen from 54.9% to 49.2% in the
last fifteen years, and the gap between non-resident students and other
students has increased from 24.5% to 39.3%. This suggests that non-resident
students need more supports than they are currently receiving.

Source: Ministry
of Education. (2019). BC Schools - Six Year Completion
Rate.
Values are rounded to the
nearest tenth of a percent.
1 Ministry of Education. (2019). BC Schools - Six Year Completion Rate.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.