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Graduation Rate Here Rises Slightly ; Countywide In Past 5 Years, Number Of Students Earning Diplomas Has Risen From 89.6% To 91%.
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Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
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August 22, 2008
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Over the past five years, 10 local public high schools have
bettered their graduation rates.
But six have not.
Countywide, the average graduation rate rose from 89.6 percent in
2003 to 91 percent in 2007.
The state Department of Education released the 2007 graduation
rates recently along with its annual academic report.
Graduation rates are always reported the following year, so the
2008 figures will be made public in August 2009.
A look at the 2007 rates shows county high schools with the
highest percentage of students who graduated are Garden Spot, Penn
Manor, Cocalico, Hempfield and Lampeter-Strasburg.
"I am extremely happy with that, and I would love for that to go
on to a 100 percent," ...
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