U.S. High School Graduation Rates

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Iowa, Vermont, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Texas ranked at the top with rates at 88 percent or 89 percent. The bottom performers were Alaska, Georgia, New Mexico, Oregon and Nevada, which had rates at 70 percent or below.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614966/4-5-US-high-school-students-graduate.html

U.S. high school graduation rate tops 80 per cent for the first time but blacks and Hispanics are still bottom of the class
For the first time in U.S. history, the national high school graduation rate surpassed 80 percent in 2012, according to a new report
If the rate of improvement over the past few years is maintained, the country would see a 90 percent rate by 2020
Whites have an 85 percent graduation rate, compared to 76 percent for Hispanics and 68 percent for blacks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 10:19 EST, 28 April 2014 | UPDATED: 11:41 EST, 28 April 2014