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Gwinnett County Doubled Its Chronic Absence Rate
Georgia's largest district went from 9.4% to 18.4% chronically absent since the pandemic, adding 18,000 students to the missing rolls despite $19M in new mental health funding.
Georgia Education News & Data
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Georgia Went From 67.5% to 87.2% in 14 Years
Georgia's graduation rate climbed 19.8 points since 2011, matching the national average. The Class of 2025 produced 35,520 more graduates.
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Georgia's Racial Absence Gap Has Nearly Tripled
Before COVID, Georgia's Black-white chronic absenteeism gap was 2.9 points. Six years later it has ballooned to 7.5 points, still widening.
