Numbers Improve At Two Area Schools

Two western Massachusetts school  districts are improving their dropout rates.  

The Massachusetts  Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Tuesday the  dropout rate for this past school year in Springfield was  twelve-and-a-half-percent, while in Holyoke it was  18-point-four-percent.  

While those numbers are significantly higher  than the state rate of four-point-nine-percent, they represent a major  decrease over a five-year period.  

The report shows that the dropout rate statewide is 1 point 9 per cent and it hasn't been that low in more than 30 years.


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