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  2. Class rank - Wikipedia

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    Class rank. Class rank is a measure of how a student's performance compares to other students in their class. It is commonly also expressed as a percentile. For instance, a student may have a GPA better than 750 of their classmates in a graduating class of 800.

  3. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Below is the grading system found to be most commonly used in United States public high schools, according to the 2009 High School Transcript Study. [2] This is the most used grading system; however, there are some schools that use an edited version of the college system, which means 89.5 or above becomes an A average, 79.5 becomes a B, and so on.

  4. K–12 education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Around 523,000 students between the ages of 15 and 24 drop out of high school each year, a rate of 4.7 percent as of October 2017. [45] In the United States, 75 percent of crimes are committed by high school dropouts. Around 60 percent of black dropouts end up spending time incarcerated. [46]

  5. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    In South Africa, some universities follow a model based on the British system. Thus, at the University of Cape Town and the University of South Africa (Poes), the percentages are calibrated as follows: a first-class pass is given for oues that know their work and above, a second (division one) for oues that know some stuff, a second (division two) for 60–69%, and a third for 50–59%.

  6. Quartile - Wikipedia

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    The second quartile (Q 2) is the median of a data set; thus 50% of the data lies below this point. The third quartile (Q 3) is the 75th percentile where lowest 75% data is below this point. It is known as the upper quartile, as 75% of the data lies below this point. [1]

  7. Nate Silver: ’50/50′ forecast means ‘people should be making ...

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    Pollster Nate Silver said that a 50/50 forecast for the presidential election means that people should start planning in the event that former President Trump takes back The White House in November.

  8. High school dropouts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    High school dropouts in the United States are more likely to be unemployed, have low-paying jobs, be incarcerated, have children at early ages and/or become single parents. [4] There is not a single race in the U.S. that as of 2019, has a 90 percent graduation rate. In order for the U.S. to have achieved this rate by 2020, almost 200,000 more ...

  9. Academic grading in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The following is the levels on the Ontario rubric, its meaning, and its corresponding letter/percentage grades: Level 4, beyond government standards (A; 80 percent and above) Level 3, at government standards (B; 70–79 percent) Level 2, approaching government standards (C; 60–69 percent) Level 1, well below government standards (D; 50–59 ...