Men havenât a clue about why they prefer certain body shapes or why their brains light up when they see narrow waists and well-rounded hips and thighs. But the preferences encoded in their genes by millennia of evolution help reveal what it is about womenâs bodies that foretells success in having children.
All states and the District of Columbia have reported ACGR rates. Based on those state-reported data, the U.S. Department of Education indicates that the nationâs graduation rate reached an all-time high, 82 percent for the class of 2014. Thatâs an increase of 1 percentage point over the prior year.
Highlights of the class of 2015 graduation rates include: 1  The statewide graduation rate jumped 18.6 percentage points since 2003-04, up from 59.2 percent in 2003-04 to 77.8 percent in 2014-15. 2  Since 2010-11, the statewide graduation rate has increased 7.2 percentage points.