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Number of Louisiana Students Graduating From High School Reaches All-Time High
May 10, 2018
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 10 -- The Louisiana Department of Education issued the following news release:

More Louisiana students than ever before graduated from high school in four years, according to results released today by the state's Department of Education, as the statewide four-year graduation rate increased from 77 percent in 2016 to 78.1 percent in 2017. The graduation rate has increased by 5.8 percentage points since 2012 and by 12.1 percentage points since 2008.

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