High School Graduation Rate – Texas

Texas’ high school graduation rate reaches record high, By Jennifer Radcliffe, August 3, 2012, Houston Chronicle: “Graduation rates for Texas’ black and Hispanic students topped 80 percent for the first time in state history in 2011, but they still lagged behind the record-setting overall graduation rate of 86 percent, the Texas Education Agency reported Friday. Hispanic graduation rates increased 3 percentage points to 81.8 percent, while black students’ rate increased 2 percentage points to 80.9 percent…”