Metro applauds Hispanic graduates – Nashville From: tennessean.com
Tagged: graduation rate, Nashville, student, TennesseePosted on: June 2nd, 2008
During the 2006-07 school year, 57.7 percent of eligible Hispanic students in Metro graduated high school, the lowest percentage among five racial and ethnic groups, including African-Americans and whites, district figures show. The school system’s overall graduation rate last year was 70 percent. This year’s numbers haven’t been crunched yet because of potential summer school graduates who start sessions this month.
In the last five years, the number of Hispanic students attending Metro schools nearly doubled, from 7.8 percent in 2003 to 13.3 percent last year, according to state figures.”*
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