RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's high school graduation rate has topped 80 percent for the first time on record.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Steve Canavero says the 80.85 percent grad rate for 2016-17 is great news for Nevada's economy in need of more skilled workers.
That includes 83.2 in Clark County — an increase of 8.3 percent from the previous year in the largest school district in the state.
Washoe County high schools reported an 84 percent graduation rate — up 7.4 percent, and Elko County 85.1 percent, an increase of 5.1 percent.
Other county percentages were:
— Carson 83.9
— Churchill 73.3
— Douglas 87.5
— Eureka 100
— Humboldt 89.5
— Lander 92.3
— Lincoln 86.1
— Lyon 83.6
— Mineral 84.4
— Nye 79.3
— Pershing 100
— Storey 90.6
— White Pine 69.9
