According to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Arizona’s graduation rate ran even with the national rate a decade ago at around 78%.Arizona graduation rates managed to climb to 80% in 2016 but fell in recent years. In 2019, the rate was close to 79% but was under 76% for the 2021 school year.
Other rural counties; Cochise, Coconino, Graham, La Paz, Santa Cruz, and Yuma, all had graduation rates above 80%.
We keep lowering our standards and expectations for students. Accountability is gone and money for schools is diminishing.
State keeps taking money from schools that try to help students to give to patents to do what they want, obviously graduation rates will fall because parents aren't using the money to educate their kids and neither are charter schools. They didn't do well lets kick them out.