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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%.

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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