to new york. can you advance it more? black male graduation rate 25% in the state of new york. according to this white male graduation rate, 68%. when you look at that on the front, you say, clearly, there are a lot of problems. the schott foundation says there are problems in schools and you can look at all sorts of factors for it but what they re doing that is helpful is breaking it down into districts where there are problems. look at jefferson parish, louisiana, the black male graduation rate is 28% from the 2008-2009 school year. if you look at this, neither of these are good. we never want to see graduation rates in general for anyone that low but what they re talking about are the differences and these challenges. new york city, black male graduation rate, 28%. white male graduation rate, 50%. again, both are really bad. i want you to see something else because i think this is important.
detroit, michigan, look at the switch here. black male graduation rate here, 27%. look at the white male graduation, 19%. so even as we talk about the challenges facing the prison american community about things that need to be done to improve schools and improve the outside of school experiences to improve performances inside schools, it s not just a problem among black students. the best example in the country where there has been improvement is newark, new jersey. black male graduation rate there is they re saying 75% and well above the white male graduation rate. again, this is a national problem but what s happening with this report as we dissect it this morning is a fresh look at this challenge for black students in america, and we re seeing that a lot of work needs to be done. we will continue this in a second. steve perry, our education contributor, hold on. i want to take you live to south carolina where a 29-year-old month, shaqwan duly is being
white male, 68%. that s not great, either but there is a massive gap, and that s what this specific study focuses in on. they went to specific districts and those that have large african-american populations. black male graduation in jefferson parish in louisiana. new york city, black male graduation rate, 28% again. one in four graduating from high school. the white male graduation rate there about 50%. i want to show you something else this points to. it s not just a black problem. when you look at the figures in detroit, it flips. the black male graduation rate is 27%, awful, and the white male graduation rate is lower at 19%. so this study as well is still an example that it is a national problem. we ve talk bd about this before. detroit is so troubled in this economy and there have been students dropping out for various reasons but they have by far the worst in the country. there s one example here that