Lower reading achievement scores and grades in fifth grade contributed to reduced grades in middle school and thereby contributed to a 40% lower high school graduation rate.

五年级学生的阅读成绩分数较低，导致其进入中学后成绩下降，进而导致高中毕业率下降40%。

This is the highest graduation rate ever.

这是有史以来最高的毕业率。

Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high.

我国的高中生毕业率也达到历史新高。

Since then the graduation rate has improved by ten to fifteen percent.

自那以后，毕业率提高了10%到15%。

I don't see lower crime rates. I don't see a greater high school graduation rate.

我没有看到犯罪率降低，我没有看到一个更大的高中毕业率。

Overall, the six-year graduation rate for four-year institutions is only 59%.

总体说来，四年的大学机构六年的毕业率只有59%。

The high school graduation rate, at just 61.3 percent, puts Texas 43rd out of 50 in state rankings.

高中毕业率只有61.3%，在50个州中排名第43位。

The teen pregnancy rate was soaring, and the high school graduation rate was plummeting to record lows.

少女怀孕率上升。同时，高中学生的毕业率下降。

In fact, we have a college graduation rate that's slightly below the average across all advanced economies.

事实上，我们大学毕业率比全球发达国家的平均水平还要稍低一些。

In fact, America has a college graduation rate that's slightly below the average across all advanced economies.

事实上，美国的大学生毕业率已经略低于发达国家的平均水平。

The graduation rate rose, but the school still ranks 431st, well below the state median graduation rate of 87 percent.

毕业率确实有所上升，但仅排名431位，远低于国家毕业率中位数87%。

How many students have graduated? A higher graduation rate demonstrates higher levels of student contentment and success.

学校已有多少毕业生？高毕业率表明学生有相对高的满意度和成功的几率。

And ultimately, of course, the college graduation rate is likely to hit a substantially lower ceiling than that for high school or elementary school.

当然，最终大学毕业率很可能会触及一个比高中或初中毕业率低得多的最高值。

From 1995-2005 the graduation rate in rich countries increased by 12%, according to the OECD's "Education at a Glance" report, published on Tuesday September 18th.

根据OECD(教育观察)本周二公布的报告，1995年到2005年间，富裕国家的大学生毕业率增加了12%。

We really want to look at the freshman return rate and the graduation rate. How many students choose to return in the second year and how many students actually graduate?

我们想知道到底有多少大一新生选择在第二年继续留在这所学校，到底有多少学生成功毕业。

Although the returns to a college education have risen sharply in recent decades, America's college-graduation rate has been inching up slowly, and now hovers at around 40%.

虽然近几十年来大学教育的回报率大幅增高，美国的本科毕业率仍上升缓慢，目前浮动在40%左右。

Experts say it's wrong to assume that if a school has an 80 percent graduation rate, its dropout rate is 20 percent - precisely because there's no single definition of what a dropout is.

专家们说，不能简单地假设，如果一个学校有80%的毕业率，那么，它的辍学率就是20%。这是因为没有一个统一的“辍学是什么”的定义。

The employment data show that in previous years, job-seekers in employment after graduation, female students's employment rate is always lower than male students.

往年的便业资料表明，在毕业后的求职便业方面，女大学生的便业率始终低于男大学生。