TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) -- State education leaders have released a compilation of graduation and dropout rates over the last five years.
The rates are broken down by district, and they include all public school systems across the state.
Overall, Mississippi has a 72.6 percent graduation rate over the last five years.
Here is the list of graduation rates of some of the local schools across north Mississippi:
Aberdeen 78 percent
Amory 79 percent
Booneville 88 percent
Houston 66.8 percent
Lee Co. 66.3 percent
New Albany 76 percent
Okolona 51.7 percent
Pontotoc City 81.8 percent
Pontotoc Co. 80.8 percent
Prentiss Co. 79.3 percent
Tupelo 72.4 percent
Union Co. 85.6 percent
Now, here is a breakdown of dropout rates for some of the local school districts across north Mississippi, with the state posting a 18.1 percent overall dropout rate.
Aberdeen 7.5 percent
Amory 13.2 percent
Booneville 9.5 percent
Houston 27.1 percent
Lee Co. 21.4 percent
New Albany 8 percent
Okolona 19.3 percent
Pontotoc City 10.4 percent
Pontotoc Co. 7.5 percent
Prentiss Co. 15 percent
Tupelo 21.5 percent
Union Co. less than 5 percent
