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Graduation Rates Up, Dropouts Down in Massachusetts High Schools

Posted on Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Paul Tuthill, WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Date: 1/26/2016
Link: Complete Article

Massachusetts four-year high school graduation rates climbed for the ninth year in a row in 2015 with some of the largest gains recorded by some minority groups and students from low-income families. The second-largest school district in the state, Springfield, boasted the best improvement of any urban district in the state.

Across the state, 87.3 percent of students who entered high school in 2011 graduated four years later, a 1.2 percent increase from last year’s rate, according to data released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The state’s drop-out rate declined to 1.9 percent, the lowest in 30 years.

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Filed Under: State/National News Tagged With: graduation rates, Massachusetts High Schools

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