Is this really something to brag about?

‘All LR grade schools at least 50% literate’

“This is the first year that at least 50 percent of the pupils at every elementary school in the district scored at proficient or grade level in literacy …” (The story does not say “the first year” since when. Back in my grade school/ Stone Age years, literacy rate was at least 95 percent, probably more.)

http://littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2012/07/17/lr-grade-schools-at-least-50-literate/