What happens to early graduates? Does a school not get credit for them?
Yes, a school gets credit for early graduates. However, those students remain part of their expected cohort and will be counted as graduates in the year in which they were expected to graduate. For example, a student is a ninth grader in 2006-2007, making him part of the 2009-2010 cohort. However, the student graduates in 2008-2009. The student should be reported on the DOE-GR (Graduate) report as a graduate in 2008-2009, but the student will not count as a graduate until 2009-2010.