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School Board President Josh Michael drew a connection between the lower graduation rate and heightened political tensions, “including the presence of immigration enforcement activity” affecting school communities. <\/p>\n

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Maryland\u2019s overall graduation rate for the class of 2025 dropped by just one percentage point from the previous year \u2014 a drop attributed to Hispanic and English-language learners leaving school because of immigration enforcement actions, officials said.\n<\/p>\n

At a briefing with reporters before Tuesday\u2019s State Board of Education meeting, Maryland State Superintendent Carey Wright said the 1% drop was \u201cprimarily due to lower graduation rates for Hispanic students and multilanguage learners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Josh Michael, school board president, drew a direct connection between the lower graduation rate and \u201cheightened political tensions including the presence of immigration enforcement activity that are being felt directly inside school communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Data from the Maryland State Department of Education showed the 2025 graduation rate at 86.4%, compared to 87.6% in 2024.<\/p>\n

Michael said there was a 4.4% drop in graduation rates for Hispanic students and a 5.5% drop for what education officials categorize as multilanguage learners.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a drop or a gain that significant, year-over-year, in a relatively large subgroup,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Wright explained that overall, Hispanic students make up 24% of the total student population in Maryland.<\/p>\n

Asked about the data from the previous school year, prior to increased ICE enforcement actions across the country and in Maryland, Michael said, \u201cThis is data from May and June of last year, right? All that is happening now will likely only further compound the trends that we\u2019re starting to see from earlier in the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time the graduation rate dropped for Hispanic and multilanguage learners, the rate increased for Black, special education and lower-income students \u2014 groups that have historically trailed their peers.<\/p>\n

Maryland Assistant State Superintendent Tim Guy told board members during the meeting after the briefing that the class of 2025 was notable in that \u201cthis was the first group of students that had all four years of uninterrupted (learning after) COVID,\u201d and that the graduating class at 72,702 was larger than past years.<\/p>\n

During the briefing, Wright said that last week, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement interim director for the Baltimore Field Office met with school superintendents to discuss concerns about ICE enforcement activities. Wright said the director was \u201cvery responsive.\u201d<\/p>\n

When one superintendent asked if officials could stop ICE agents from using areas around schools for staging enforcement efforts, the director said \u201cshe was not aware that there was staging and so she said she would absolutely take care of that,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n

WTOP has contacted the Baltimore Field Office to ask about the meeting but the call was not returned.<\/p>\n

Data from Maryland\u2019s largest school system<\/h4>\n

Montgomery County\u2019s graduation rate for students in 2025 was 88.7%, above the statewide average, but lower than its 91.8% graduation rate of 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re proud of the fact that we actually gained some ground in some critical areas with our African American students and some of our FARM students, as well as students with disabilities,\u201d Montgomery County Superintendent Thomas Taylor told WTOP.<\/p>\n

FARMs refers to students who qualify for Free and Reduced Price Meals.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost ground with our English language learners, and that made up the largest percentage loss for us,\u201d Taylor added.<\/p>\n

While state education officials attributed the statewide\u00a0loss to the current political climate and immigration policies of the Trump administration, Taylor told WTOP, \u201cI can\u2019t correlate the two directly, and I don\u2019t have any anecdotal evidence of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said it\u2019s something county school officials will look into: \u201cThat is certainly a concern of ours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor noted that Montgomery County has the largest percentage of English-language learners \u201cas well as the largest (percentage) of newcomers in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when see changes in (the graduation) data, it\u2019s tremendously concerning, and it\u2019s a call for action,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a> following Tuesday\u2019s state board of education meeting, MCPS officials explained the county is \u201cimplementing strategies designed to restore academic excellence and reinforce core foundations across the district,\u201d led by the Board of Education\u2019s Future Ready Strategic Plan.<\/p>\n

Among the objectives in that plan is closing performance gaps between reporting categories, including \u201cstudents with disabilities, economically disadvantaged students, Multilingual learners, Hispanic\/Latino students and Black or African American students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montgomery County\u2019s school system has information on resources for families within the county\u2019s immigrant community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want our families\u00a0to know that we stand with our students \u2026 during this very difficult time,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n

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