Graduation Statistics

Colorado Statewide Graduation/Completion Rates: 2023-2024 School Year

**Anticipated Year of Graduation* 2024**

4-year graduation rate: 84.2%

**Anticipated Year of Graduation* 2024**

4-year completion rate: 85.6%

How are these rates calculated?

Anticipated Year of Graduation 2023

4-year graduation rate: 83.1%
5-year graduation rate: 86.8%

Anticipated Year of Graduation 2023

4-year completion rate: 84.6%
5-year completion rate: 88.8%

Anticipated Year of Graduation 2022

4-year graduation rate: 82.3%
5-year graduation rate: 86.1%
6-year graduation rate: 87.1%

Anticipated Year of Graduation 2022

4-year completion rate: 84.1%
5-year completion rate: 88.3%
6-year completion rate: 89.5%

Anticipated Year of Graduation 2021

4-year graduation rate: 81.7%
5-year graduation rate: 85.7%
6-year graduation rate: 86.7%
7-year graduation rate: 87.1%

Anticipated Year of Graduation 2021

4-year completion rate: 83.2%
5-year completion rate: 87.7%
6-year completion rate: 88.9%
7-year completion rate: 89.6%

*The Anticipated Year of Graduation (AYG) cohort is determined by assigning an unchanging anticipated year of graduation to students when they enter ninth grade. All students with the same AYG are considered the AYG cohort from which graduation/completion rates are derived. Sometimes the AYG cohort is referred to as the “Class of…”. Visit the Calculation, Definitions, and Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.

January 2025 CDE Press Release: Colorado's four-year graduation and dropout rates show steady improvements; continued gaps across student groups

Interactive Graduation Data

This dashboard indicates the graduation rates by school district for the 2023-24 school year. Click the image to access, then hover your mouse over a school district to view additional information and special considerations. Visit the Calculation, Definitions, and Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.

Data Files

Summary of 2023-24 Graduation/Completion Release (PDF)
3-year Statewide Graduation/Completion Trends (XLS)
Workbook Containing State, District, and School Level Graduation and Completion Data (XLS)
- Graduation and Completion Rates by State and Subgroups
- Graduation and Completion Rates by District, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
- Graduation and Completion Rates by District and Instructional Program Service Type
- Graduation and Completion Rates by School, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
- Graduation and Completion Rates by School and Instructional Program Service Type
AYG 2024 4-year Still Enrolled Rates: District and School Level (XLSX)

2022-2023 Graduation and Completion Rates 2021-2022 Graduation and Completion Rates 2020-2021 Graduation and Completion Rates

Special Considerations

Small districts: 49 of Colorado's 185 school districts and BOCES had an AYG 2024 graduation cohort sizer of 15 or fewer students.
Graduation Guidelines: In the 2020-21 school year, Colorado's Graduation Guidelines went into effect with full implementation in the 2021-2022 school year. Graduating students demonstrate readiness for career, college, and the military in Reading, Writing, Communicating and Mathematics with measures selected from the Menu of Demonstration Options.
Other non-graduating completers: The 2023-24 four-year completion rate for the state is 1.4 percentage points higher than the four-year graduation rate. The completion rate includes all graduates plus students who receive a HSED or certificate of completion.
Alternative Education Campuses (AECs): In the 2023-24 school year, there were 94 Alternative Education Campuses located across 49 local education agencies (districts, BOCES and CSI). At least 90% of the students served at AEC schools are considered at high risk of dropping out.

Additional Information

CDE’s Office of Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness: This office supports programs and strategies that support student access to career-connected learning options.
- Colorado’s Graduation Guidelines information.
CDE’s Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement office: This office supports programs and strategies that support pro-active and responsive efforts to increase engagement in learning.
Data Requests – Visit CDE’s Data Request page
Additional Questions – email Reagan Ward