State Graduation Rate is Highest in NC History
For the first time ever, North Carolina’s four-year cohort graduation rate exceeded 80 percent, according to North Carolina’s 2012 graduation rate report, presented to State Board of Education members this morning. In 2012, 80.2 percent of students who started ninth grade in 2008-09 completed high school in four years or less. This is up from the 2011 rate of 77.9 percent. The five-year cohort graduation rate also increased to 81.1 percent. State Superintendent June Atkinson said, “This is tremendous news for North Carolina public schools and a testament to the hard work of principals, teachers, counselors and students.”
