High school graduation rates in Nevada and Clark County inched slightly higher in 2019.
According to state data released Thursday, both recorded new highs.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the statewide graduation rate for the class of 2019 was 84 percent and was the second year in a row that Nevada students graduated at an all-time high.
Though the 2019 increase was less than one percentage point over last year, graduation rates have risen more than three percentage points since 2017.
Clark County School District high schools had an 86 percent graduation rate for 2019, up half of one percentage point over last year. Washoe County School District graduates posted an 86 percent graduation rate, up 1.66 percentage points over 2018.
