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Date Added: August 28, 2008 08:12:04 AM
Nearly nine of 10 students who enter public high schools in Walled Lake and West Bloomfield graduate within four years. The state recently overhauled how graduation and dropout rates are reported, with the goal of more accurately reflecting how students fare in four years. The graduation rate is now calculated by tracking individual students from the time they were enrolled as first-time ...

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