claim: says texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas.
author: sacramento bee editorial board
evidence_1: jul 26, 2010 ... texas ranks last — 51st — in the percentage of adults with high school ... high  school go on to college, with many graduating, he says. ... growth in texas cities  speaks for itself — people who live elsewhere want to move here.
evidence_2: dec 19, 2018 ... (cnsnews.com) - california ranks no. ... 9.7 percent of california residents 25  and older, the census bureau says, never completed ninth ... california and  texas—while having the highest percentages of ... if an individual has not earned  a high school degree, the respondent is asked to specify the highest ...
evidence_3: this article presents a list of u.s. states sorted by educational attainment for  persons 25 years of age and older. this table is an estimation based on the  responses to the american community survey. this survey is a large  demographic survey collected throughout the year ... it measures the percentage  of adult residents with a high school diploma.
evidence_4: sep 30, 2018 ... a majority of students at the top-rated high schools in texas are likely to ... the  state received the equivalent of an a or b rating from the state last month. ... work  in college and jeopardizing their chances of getting a college diploma. ... the  state's top education official says texas is steadily raising the bar for ...
evidence_5: jul 22, 2010 ... richard reddick, a professor in the college of education at the university of  texas-austin, said the state ... hispanics rank lowout of all the ethnic groups  studied in texas, ... has the highest percentage of young people with college  degrees, ... arkansas is in last place, with only 22.5 percent of the younger ...