Black graduation rate is getting better in CMS

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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A closer look at Charlotte - Mecklenburg school (CMS) district's graduation rate reveals more and more minorities are getting a high school diploma from the district. Blacks now have a 66.3% graduation rate - that's up by about five points. Hispanics graduation rate is 57.3% - up by nearly three points. Asian and American Indian graduation rates are also on the rise. Overall CMS has a 72% graduation rate. That is a jump from last year. But district officials say their work is far from done. "When students do not graduate," CMS Dir. of State and Federal Program Christopher Corbitz said. "No matter how good an education we gave them, we have not completed our job."