The Associated Press
SANTA FE — New Mexico education officials say the state’s graduation rate was unchanged at 70 percent last year.
The New Mexico Public Education Department says the 2013 rate maintains the seven percentage point increase achieved by the Class of 2012.
The department also notes that since 2011, graduation rates have significantly improved for the state’s Hispanic, Native American, African American, Economically Disadvantaged, and disabled students. Some groups had gains as large as 13 percentage points.