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Caddo and Bossier Parish Schools Graduation Rates Fall

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published June 28, 2017 at 10:13 AM EDT

STATEWIDE TREND: Graduation rates at Bossier and Caddo Parish high schools dipped from 2015 to 2016 as part of a trend that saw the statewide graduation rate fall, according to data released by the Louisiana Department of Education. Bossier Parish saw a decrease from 84.5 percent to 82.8 percent.   Caddo saw a drop from 75.2 percent to 73.6 percent.  This year marks the first time since 2010 that Caddo Parish has seen graduation rates drop, BUT its graduation rate has actually risen more than 13 percentage points the past 10 years.  Both parishes have seen gains in graduation rates in the last decade. 

STATEWIDE TREND: Graduation rates at Bossier and Caddo Parish high schools dipped from 2015 to 2016 as part of a trend that saw the statewide graduation rate fall, according to data released by the Louisiana Department of Education.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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