How does a repeat dropout affect my completion rate?
Students are counted in the completion rate according to their final statuses. A student who drops out of high school in more than one school year is counted as one dropout in one cohort if, by the time the cohort is expected to graduate, the student has not graduated, has not received a General Educational Development (GED) certificate, or is not continuing high school. If the student returns to school and graduates by the time the cohort is expected to graduate, the student is counted as a graduate in the completion rate for that cohort. If the student returns and is continuing high school when the cohort is expected to graduate, he or she is counted as a continuer in the completion rate for that cohort. Continuers are counted as completers in the completion rate. Learn how a repeat dropout also may affect the dropout rate.
