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Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY For eight years running, the rate of Utah students graduating from public and charter high schools has risen, according to new data released from the Utah State Board of Education.
Last spring, 43,389 students graduated from Utah’s public schools, which represents 88.2% who entered as freshmen four years earlier up 0.8% from 2019.
Graduation rates rose in seven of nine student demographic groups, although there was a “worrisome 6.4% decline” among graduation rates of students who identify as American Indian, according to a press release. There was also a 1.7% decline among students who identify as Asian.