High school graduation rates across state increase amid pandemic
MASSENA â One school district in the tri-county region had 100% graduation of students in the Cohort Class of 2016 â those who entered ninth grade in 2016 and graduated in 2020 â according to data released by the state Education Department on Thursday. Copenhagen Central School in Lewis County graduated 28 students. Of those, 16 graduated with an Advanced Regents diploma, 10 graduated with a Regents diploma and two graduated with a local diploma. The stateâs overall graduation rate increased to 84.8%, up 1.4 percentage points from 83.4% for the 2015 Cohort as of August. Tw...
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