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Minnesota Graduation Rates Hold Steady Despite Pandemic
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ High school graduation rates in Minnesota held steady in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting the last few months of the school year.
Reports say almost 84% of last year's seniors graduated in four years. That's a new record but only by one-tenth of a percentage point over 2019.
Dropout rates continued a steady decline, dropping from 4.4% to 3.7%.
Still, large gaps remain between student groups. About 89% of white and Asian students graduated in four years compared to 70% of Hispanic students, 69% of Black students and about 56% of American Indian students.
Data for the class of 2021 won't be available until sometime next year.
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