
Report shows only 30 per cent of NLSD students graduating on time
For more than a decade, only one third of the students in the Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) have been graduating on time.
The school division’s most recent annual report shows only 30 per cent of students graduated within three years of reaching Grade 10 as of 2024. That’s compared to 78 per cent across Saskatchewan.
It specified 69 per cent of non-Indigenous students in the division do graduate on time compared to 27 per cent of the Indigenous students. Across Saskatchewan, 47 per cent of Indigenous students graduate on time compared to 88 per cent of the non-Indigenous population.
Director of Education Jason Young, who was unavailable for an interview for this article, attributed poor attendance rates for such numbers previously. The report shows only 23 per cent of students in the division attend 80 per cent of the time, while 70 per cent of students across the province do so.