graduation rates

MDE announces Mississippi’s 2023-24 graduation rate

JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced the state’s 2023-24 school-year graduation rate of 89.2% and dropout rate of 8.5%. Among students with disabilities, the 2023-24 graduation rate is 65.2%, and the dropout rate is 20%. The…

Mississippi Graduation Rates

A larger share of Mississippi high schoolers than ever before are graduating. The state department of education announced that the graduation rate rose to 82.3 percent last year. That’s still below the national average of 83.2 percent, but the share…

MGCCC Wins Award for Graduation Rate

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College wins an award for its high graduation rate among student athletes. Gulf Coast graduated 98 percent of its student-athletes in the 2015-2016 academic year, winning the Halbrook Award for its division. The purpose of the…