California’s high school graduation rate rose again in 2016, marking the seventh straight year that statewide rates have climbed. In Orange County, the figure rose to 90.8 percent, making it the state’s only county with at least 3,000 students to top a 90 percent graduation rate.
Among students around California who started high school in 2012-13, 83.2 percent graduated with their class in 2016, up from 82.3 percent the year before, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced Tuesday. That translates to 4,917 more graduates than in the Class of 2015.
The state’s graduation rate has climbed steadily since the Class of 2010 posted a 74.