US HIGH SCHOOL GRAD RATES TICKING UP

(12/16/2015)

West Virginia's high school graduated rate is higher than the national average at 84.5 percent, the national average at 82%. Still, 1 in 5 high school students are not graduating. The figures released Tuesday by the Education Department, showed wide disparities in graduation rates according to where students live, with low rates among minorities. Education Secretary Arne Duncan praised the new numbers as encouraging, saying the progress was real and powerful.

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