KDAZ AM730 NEWSMAN FRANK HALEY REPORTS: Graduation rates declined at all but one of Albuquerque’s 13 Public high schools, with four of them dropping by more than 10 points. Only Valley High School was able to raise its graduation rate – moving up 0.6 percentage points from 70.9 percent to 71.5 percent.
Meanwhile, Cibola, Highland, Manzano and Rio Grande high schools saw double-digit drops.
APS interim Superintendent Brad Winter said the district administration is taking a look at the new graduation numbers to see what might have contributed to the drop.
Winter said reducing truancy is a major focus for APS and that graduation rates should improve if the district can make inroads into chronic absenteeism by students.
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