Evidence is incomplete or still developing; a future update may resolve it. Learn more in Methodology.
Independent data or official BIE records confirm BIE-funded high school graduation rate of 79% in 2025 and a rate of 51% in 2015, showing the stated increase.
Available federal data show that Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) high school graduation rates in the mid‑2010s were in the low 50s: an Obama‑era Performance.gov page reports BIE rates of 48% in 2013–14, 51% in 2014–15, and 49% in 2015–16, but the same document also cites a 55% baseline for 2014–15, indicating internal inconsistency over the exact 2015 baseline value. The National Center for Education Statistics reports that the adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR) for BIE schools was 65% in 2019–20 and 75% in 2021–22, consistent with rising outcomes but providing no figures for 2024–25 or any 79% value. Public BIE and Interior sites reference graduation reporting tools but do not provide a publicly accessible dataset that would independently confirm a 79% graduation rate for BIE‑funded schools in 2025; the only mentions of "51% in 2015" and "79% in 2025" appear in Interior press materials and their reposts. Because the 2014–15 baseline is itself reported as both 51% and 55% in official documents, and no independently compiled data are yet available for 2025, the exact change from 51% in 2015 to 79% in 2025 cannot be reliably verified. Therefore, the verdict is Unclear: key official sources conflict on the 2015 baseline and do not yet provide independent confirmation of a 79% graduation rate for BIE-funded high schools in 2025.