Fact check: Gov. Greg Abbott touts 90% Texas graduation rate

The claim: 'Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90 percent overall.' — Gov. Greg Abbott Abbott made the claim in a May 15 video touting...

July 22, 2022
3:46 AM

The claim: 'Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90 percent overall.' — Gov. Greg Abbott Abbott made the claim in a May 15 video touting Blue Ribbon public schools ranking four Texas high schools among the top 50 STEM high schools, and the Texas public high school graduation rate. PolitiFact rating: True. The governor's claim matches data from the Texas Education Agency. Discussion Of the students who started ninth grade in 2016-17, scheduled to graduate in 2020, 90.3 percent graduated within four years, according to a 2019-20 report by the Texas Education Agency.

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