High Schools to be Honored for Top Graduation Rates

Three Durham high schools were recognized by state Superintendent June Atkinson for achieving 100 percent graduation rates for the 2013-14 school year.

City of Medicine Academy and Hillside New Tech and J.D. Clement Early College high schools will be recognized along with 40 other high schools from across the state during a ceremony at the Sheraton Imperial in the Research Triangle Park.

All three Durham schools are specialty high schools with small enrollments and focused learning opportunities.

City of Medicine Academy educates and trains students to work in the health services and medical care fields, Hillside New Tech is a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-focused school and J.D. Clement is an early college program on the N.C. Central University campus where students can earn up to two years of college credit while earning their high school diplomas.

Hillside New Tech and J.D. Clement achieved 100 percent graduation rates the previous year.

Meanwhile, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will be among 12 school districts recognized by Atkinson for achieving the highest district graduation rates in the state.

CHCCS four-year graduation rate was 90.8 percent.

DPS posted an 81.5 percent graduation rate, its highest ever.

The school district also had one of the state’s top graduation rates for the 2013-14 school year.

DPS’s graduation rate has steadily risen for six consecutive years, improving from 63.0 percent in 2008-09 to 81.5 percent in 2013-14.

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