Area Grad Rates Top U.S. Average ; Only 3 Area School Districts Fall Below Standard

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Judging from the statistics, schools in the Pikes Peak area have a better graduation rate compared with the rest of the country. Only three school districts fell below the 73.4 percent national average and the 75 percent state average for 2007 graduation rates: Harrison District 2 at 69.8 percent; Colorado Springs District 11, 67.5 percent, and Edison District 54JT, 62.5 percent.

And even those numbers might not be as bad as they seem. Some educators say a method of tracking graduation rates instituted in Colorado last year lowered the numbers overall and especially hurt the smaller districts.

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Area Grad Rates Top U.S. Average ; Only 3 Area School Districts Fall Below Standard

Edison Superintendent David Grosche, for example, said the graduation rate at his school was 83 percent last year. He contends the method of determining graduating rates doesn't adequately account for students who leave for other school districts after ninth grade, th...

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