GRADUATION RATES IN NEW MEXICO FOR 2012 SHOW SOME IMPROVEMENT. THE STATEWIDE GRADUATION RATE FOR THE CLASS OF 2012 WAS 70-POINT-THREE PERCENT. THAT'S UP SEVEN POINTS FROM LAST YEAR.

THE OFFICIAL RATE FOR ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS 65 PERCENT, AN INCREASE FROM 63-POINT-4 IN 2011. THE DISTRICT SAYS IF STUDENTS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE NOT INCLUDED THE GRADUATION RATE GOES UP TO 70-POINT-ONE PERCENT.