Liberty County’s 2013 high-school graduation rate of 72.3 is higher than the state’s 71.5 percent, though this year the district’s two high schools’ graduation rates decreased slightly from the previous year’s rates. School districts and individual schools’ graduation rates were released by the Georgia Department of Education on Wednesday.“It is always good news when the graduation rate for the Liberty County School System is above the state average,” said Dr. Debbie Rodriguez, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning. “The school leaders and teachers work very hard to provide a quality education to ensure students graduate from high school.”This year, Bradwell Institute’s four-year cohort graduation rate is 72.4, and Liberty County High School’s 2013 rate is 72.9. The previous year, Bradwell’s graduation rate was 73.23, and the 2012 graduation rate for LCHS was 74.42.Georgia’s graduation rate increased two percentage points, from 69.7 percent in 2012 to 71.5 percent in 2013, and rose more than four percentage points from 67.5 percent in 2011, according to Georgia DoE officials.