Montgomery, Fairfax top nation in graduation rates

Published June 7, 2011 4:00am ET



Montgomery County boasted the highest graduation rate among large school districts nationwide for the third straight year in an annual report by Education Week. Across-the-Potomac rival Fairfax County’s school system placed second in Education Week’s “Diplomas Count 2011: Beyond High School, Before Baccalaureate” report, which analyzed graduation data from the class of 2008 in the nation’s 50 largest school systems.

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