Howard County News

About 90.54 percent of Hammond High ninth, 10th and 12th graders advanced to the next grade level in 2017 and 90.15 percent of seniors graduated on time, according to the latest schools report card by the Maryland State Department of Education.

Just less than 3 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	89.3	85.4	85.8	89.4	85.4
Grade 10	92.2	>= 95	>= 95	89.1	93.7
Grade 11	>= 95	>= 95	>= 95	>= 95	>= 95
Grade 12	94.5	>= 95	>= 95	93.8	93.4

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Three-year adjusted cohort	<= 5	<= 5	<= 5	<= 5	<= 5
Four-year adjusted cohort	89.24	93.27	93.15	93.77	90.15
Five-year adjusted cohort	91.45	>= 95	93.2	>= 95	-