Graduation rates edge up closer to national average

Mississippi’s Graduation Rate Up

The State Department of Education says the graduation rate has increased significantly from 2011 to 2015 while dropout rates have decreased.

In a news release Tuesday, the department said school districts showed a four-year graduation rate of 78.4 percent for the 2014-2015 school year. That marks a four-percent increase from a rate of 74.5 percent in the 2013-2014 school year.

The department says the increase brings Mississippi closer to the national average of 82 percent.

WTOK
4/26/16