Between 2006 and 2009 graduation rates at the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), a US school system and recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, outperformed both state and national rates. In 2006 91.6% of eligible students graduated as opposed to the Baltimore County rate of 83.3% and the national rate of 85.4%. In 2007 MCPS achieved 90.4% against 83.2% and 85.2% respectively. In 2008 MCPS achieved 89.1% against 82.2% and 85.1% respectively. In 2009 87.4%of MCPS elig...