Derrick Lawrence wrote:
> * The national graduation rate for the class of 1998 was 71%. For
> white students the rate was 78%, while it was 56% for African-American
> students and 54% for Latino students.
> * Georgia had the lowest overall graduation rate in the nation
> with 54% of students graduating, followed by Nevada, Florida, and
> Wa****ngton, D.C.
> * Iowa had the highest overall graduation rate with 93%, followed
> by North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
> * Wisconsin had the lowest graduation rate among African-American
> students with 40%, followed by Minnesota, Georgia, and Tennessee.
> Georgia had the lowest graduation rate among Latino students with 32%,
> followed by Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Less than 50% of
> African-American students graduated in seven states and less than 50%
> of Latino students graduated in eight states for which data were
> available.
> * The highest rate of graduation among African-American students
> was 71% in West Virginia, followed by Massachusetts, Arkansas, and New
> Jersey. The highest rate of graduation among Latino students was 82%
> in Montana, followed by Louisiana, Maryland, and Hawaii.
> * Among the fifty largest school districts in the country,
> Cleveland City had the lowest overall graduation rate with 28%,
> followed by Memphis, Milwaukee, and Columbus.
> * Fairfax County, VA had the highest overall graduation rate among
> the districts with 87%, followed by Montgomery County, MD, Albuquerque
> and Boston.
> * Cleveland City had the lowest graduation rate among
> African-American students with 29%, followed by Milwaukee, Memphis,
> and Gwinett County, Georgia. Cleveland City also had the lowest
> graduation rate among Latino students, followed by Georgia’s Dekalb,
> Gwinnett, and Cobb counties. Less than 50% of African-American
> students graduated in fifteen of forty-five districts for which there
> was sufficient data, and less than 50% of Latino students graduated in
> twenty-one of thirty-six districts for which there was sufficient
> data.
> * The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) finds a
> national high school completion rate of 86% for the class of 1998. The
> discrepancy between the NCES’ finding and this re****t’s finding of a
> 71% rate is largely caused by NCES’ counting of General Educational
> Development (GED) graduates and others with alternative credentials as
> high school graduates, and by its reliance on a methodology that is
> likely to undercount dropouts.
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