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Graduation rates in Los Angeles

Los Angeles Unified School District:

Budget:

• 2002-2003: $10.7 billion
• 2003-2004: $8.3 billion
• 2004-2005: $9.2 billion
• 2005-2006: $11.3 billion
• 2006-2007: $13.2 billion

Source: Los Angeles Unified School District: final budget

Graduation Rates

• 2000-2001: 73.7%
• 2002: 72.5%
• 2003: 68.6%
• 2004: 66.5%
• 2005: 66.3%
• 2006: 63.8%

Source: California Department of Education

Detroit Education Statistics

Detroit public school graduation rate is 24.9%

Source: Education Week's Diploma's Count: Ready for What? (Detroit Public School spokesman says the state education department figure is 67.8%)

Nationwide, 1.23 million high school seniors will not graduate this year.

Source: Education Week Detroit has highest poverty rate among 20 largest American cities and the Detroit median household income of $28,069 is the lowest among those cities.

Source: Census Bureau

Michigan jobless rate in May is 6.9%, highest in the nation. Michigan lost 28,700 jobs this year March through May.

Source: Bureau of Labor statistics analysis by MBG Information Services.

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