Record graduation rates in 2020 despite pandemic, local districts work to keep upward trend
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and last updated 2021-01-15 07:26:05-05
SOUTHERN COLORADO â Despite the COVID-19 pandemic closing schools from mid-March through the end of the academic year, it did not impact graduation or dropout rates across southern Colorado.
For the first time in a decade, Pueblo School District 70 has recorded its highest graduation rate of 92.6 percent in 2020 and the lowest dropout rate of 0.4 percent.
"We are really impressed and excited to announce one of our high schools, Rye High School, had a 100 hundred percent completion rate this last year. That's a first for us and we're hoping to do it district-wide in the next couple of years," said Todd Seip, Public Information Officer, Pueblo School District 70.