WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama's administration on Monday said the U.S. high school graduation rate reached a record high of 83.2 percent in the 2014-15 school year.
In total, the high school graduation rate increased by 4.2 percent since the 2010-11 school year. When broken down by race during the same period, graduation rates for black students increased 7.6 percent; the rate for Hispanic students increased 6.8 percent; the rate for Native American students increased 6.6 percent; the rate for white students increased 3.6 percent; and the rate for Asian and Pacific Islander students increased 3.2 percent.