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Article: BRIEF: Lee County Schools drop-out rate improves.
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- The Sanford Herald (Sanford, NC)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2009
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Byline: Erin Zureick
Feb. 5--SANFORD -- Fewer students at Lee County Schools dropped out last year, mirroring a statewide trend, the Department of Public Instruction announced today.
Lee County's drop-out rate fell to 4.97 percent for the 2007-08 school year, down from 5.83 percent the previous year.
Those results put the school district exactly in line with the state average and represent a marked improvement for Lee County Schools, which in past years had been in the lower tier in the state for the drop-out rate.
The district's rate was as high as 7.8 percent for the 2005-06 school year, when 230 students dropped out.
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