By the #s: New Mexico’s highest high school graduation rate in at least 15 years • Source New Mexico

By the #s: New Mexico’s highest high school graduation rate in at least 15 years • Source New Mexico

Students from Chaparral High School graduate in 2024. (Photo provided by Gadsden Independent School District) As high schoolers across the state don caps and gowns for graduation, state education officials are noting the state’s highest graduation rate in at least the last 15 years.  While still below the national average, last year the highest percentage of New Mexico high-schoolers graduated on time since 2008, when the state began its current…