Claim: "Texas' high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013."
Fact-check: Rick Perry says Texas shot to No. 2 from No. 27 in high-school graduation rates in about a decade
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2015-07-20T00:00:00