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Woburn Above State Average Graduation Rate
But how does Woburn's graduation rate compare to other communities nearby?
Massachusetts didn't make the top 10 high school graduation rates in the nation, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Education on Monday, but Woburn Memorial High School does have a higher graduation rate than the state average. According to the preliminary state-reported data, for the 2010-2011 school year, Massachusetts had a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 83 percent, which ties for 11th highest in the nation with six other states. Iowa had the highest rate at 88 percent. (See the PDF attached to this article for full results.) Meanwhile, according to the DESE website, for the 2010-2011 school year Woburn Memorial High School had a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 88.1 percent. Of …
Keith
1:17 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Stay in school, young people of Woburn. Without a minimum of at least a high school diploma, your future will be clouded indefinitely. We can improve these numbers with additional effort on the part of parents and guardians, but this is not to underestimate the degree of difficulty involved. Stay in school, it's the best time of our lives, seriously. more ›