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Quiz: Education by the numbers

Dropout rates, reading proficiency, average salaries for high school graduates, school-funding relative to other nations: Take our back-to-school quiz and see how you fare in your knowledge of how America educates its children.

3. As of 2008, which state had the lowest graduation rate amongst high schoolers?

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Students work on homework in the common area at The Davidson Academy of Nevada for profoundly gifted students April 26 in Reno.

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Quiz: Education by the numbers

Dropout rates, reading proficiency, average salaries for high school graduates, school-funding relative to other nations: Take our back-to-school quiz and see how you fare in your knowledge of how America educates its children.

3. As of 2008, which state had the lowest graduation rate amongst high schoolers?

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