Story highlights The White House said the US graduation rate was up among all groups Monday

President Barack Obama will discuss the statistics at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington

(CNN) President Barack Obama touted the highest US high school graduation rate on record Monday, while visiting a high school in Washington and encouraged students to continue their education.

"When we understand that no matter what you look like, where you come from, what faith you are, whether you're a boy or a girl, that you should have great opportunities to succeed and that requires you to put effort into it," Obama told students at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School.

The White House announced earlier that US high school graduation rates for the 2014-2015 school year was the highest number on record at 83.2%, although significant disparities still exist between groups of students.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, every group -- from race to low-income students to those with disabilities -- had increases in graduation rates, although the numbers vary from group to group.

Obama spoke about the importance of furthering education past high school and stressed to the students in the audience to fill out FAFSA forms, but also said more needs to be done by federal and state governments to improve education and funding for higher education.

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