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Graduation rate on LI rose with Class of '09

Originally published: March 9, 2010 9:03 PM
Updated: March 9, 2010 9:26 PM
By JOHN HILDEBRAND  john.hildebrand@newsday.com

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Photo credit: Newsday File / Ed Betz | Herricks High School graduates throw their hats in the air at the end of their graduation ceremony in New Hyde Park. (June 27, 2004)

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High school graduation rates continue inching up on Long Island and across the state, with greater-than-average gains for both black and Hispanic teens.

On the Island, 86 percent of students in the Class of '09 graduated on time in June compared with 85 percent the year before. The statewide rate rose to 71.8 percent from 70.9 percent, according to figures released Tuesday at an Albany news...

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