The U.S. is on track for a 90 percent high school graduation rate by 2020 after hitting a record high 81 percent this year. That’s according to the GradNation campaign’s sixth annual report released by America’s Promise Alliance, the Alliance for Excellent Education and others.
The 10 largest states, including California, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, are driving progress, the report says. A quarter of the nation’s largest school districts also made significant improvements, largely signifying gains for low-income students and students of color. But declining or stagnating graduation rates in New York, Illinois, Washington and Arizona could threaten future progress, the report says. And while the gap in graduation rates between low-income students and their wealthier peers narrowed in 28 states, it widened in 18. North Dakota saw the largest increase of nearly 8 percentage points.
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