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mrbill

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5. 68% of Texans with no high school diplomas? Not.

Reply to davidpdx (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 5, 2014, 07:29 AM

Mar 2014

According to the last US Census, the high school graduation rate of adults in Texas is 80.4 percent, thus only 19.6 percent don't have high school diplomas. Texas beat Mississippi with an 80.3.

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Since,, Cryptoad Mar 2014 #3

It couldn't be that high davidpdx Mar 2014 #4

68% of Texans with no high school diplomas? Not. mrbill Mar 2014 #5

I didn't think so davidpdx Mar 2014 #7

Graduation rate is not the same thing as number of adults with a HS ed,,,, Cryptoad Mar 2014 #13

The census says ....... mrbill Mar 2014 #14

Geez,,, Cryptoad Mar 2014 #16

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