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—Montana’s 2015 graduation rate was 86 percent, the highest it’s ever been since the Office of Public Instruction began calculating the rate in 2000.
—Montana’s 2015 dropout rate was 3.4 percent, declining more than one-third since 2009.
—The share of American Indian students dropping out of high school has declined by nearly one-third since 2009.
—More than 11,000 Montana students have taken the pledge to graduate from high school.
—53 Montana communities are part of Graduation Matters Montana.
—Private businesses and foundations have donated more than $1.3 million to the Graduation Matters Montana effort since it launched in 2010.
