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DeSoto superintendent credits staff as district graduation rate rises; current cohort tracking behind but expected to improve
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Bennett told the school board Jan. 14 that the district’s graduation rate for the prior school year was 81.6%. He said 75.1% of current seniors would graduate if ceremonies were held that day and predicted the final figure will rise above last year’s mark.
Dr. Bennett, superintendent of DeSoto County Schools, told the school board at its Jan. 14 meeting that the district’s graduation rate for the prior school year was 81.6%, and that as of the meeting “if graduation was today, 75.1% would walk across the stage right now.”
The superintendent said the district recorded the 81.6% rate under “the most stringent testing that we've ever had” from the state education department, and credited a range of district efforts—expanded…
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