Report ranks New Mexico as worst state for graduation rates

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– A report called “Building a Grad Nation” ranks New Mexico as the worst state in America for high school graduation rates.
It shows about 68-and-a- half percent of New Mexico high school students graduated in 2014.
It also says the state’s biggest challenge is teaching english as a second language.
The report points out that a majority of students that don’t graduate come from low-income families.
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