St. Mary Parish’s public school graduation rate reached 84.9 percent in 2015-16, beating the statewide rate by more than 12 percentage points, according to statistics from the state Department of Education. The state’s graduation rate is 77 percent. “The ongoing and highly collaborative effort personified by high school administrators, guidance counselors, and teachers have resulted in continued increases in graduation rates,” Superintendent Leonard Armato said in a press release. Berwick High, Morgan City High and Patterson High schools also reached record graduation rates this year. Centerville High School’s rate was 100 percent. So was Central Catholic, a Catholic high school whose graduation rate ...