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Bulloch Co. graduation rate up 9 percent
Statesboro High jumps 13 percent; SEB tops overall
Graduation File Web
In this file photo, Statesboro High School salutatorian Natasha Liston-Beck leaves classmates with one last pun during the 2015 graduation ceremony at Hanner Fieldhouse: "What do we have in common with this beaker? We're both now graduated!" The Bulloch County graduation rate was up 9 percent in the latest data released by the Georgia Department of Education.
With Statesboro High School's rise in graduation rate leading the way, Bulloch County Schools' 2015 four-year graduation rates improved significantly, according to data released by the Georgia Department of Education. Bulloch's Class of 2015's rate of 84.5 percent is 9.4 percentage points higher than 2014 and 5.7 percentage points higher than Georgia's 2015 overall rate of 78.8 percent. For five of the past six years, the district's graduation rate has steadily increased and been higher than the state's.
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