Clayton County
DeKalb Reached 81.6% but Trailed Five Metro Peers
Correction (July 21, 2026): The original article misstated two Metro Atlanta peer gaps and the Hispanic endpoint improvement. It also attributed graduation-rate differences to leadership and programs ...
Bibb County Cut Chronic Absenteeism 23.9 Points From Its Peak
Correction (July 21, 2026): The original article incorrectly said students with disabilities made the smallest subgroup improvement; the current package shows smaller changes for white students and se...
Georgia's Hispanic Cohort Doubled. The Rate Still Climbed 25 Points.
In 2011, Gainesville City graduated fewer than half its Hispanic seniors. The district, seat of Hall County in the northeast Georgia poultry belt, had been majority-Hispanic for years. Its four-year r...
76 Georgia Districts Hit All-Time Highs
In Muscogee County, six of nine high schools posted their highest graduation rates on record this year. Columbus High and Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts graduated every single senior. The distric...
Georgia's Income Graduation Gap Fell to 3.5 Points
> Correction: An earlier version placed the largest one-year change one year late and identified 2014 instead of 2013 as a decline year. The published series shows the jump from 2013 to 2014; it does ...
Georgia's Graduation Gap Fell from 15.7 to 2.8 Points
In Clayton County, Black students graduate at 87.1%. White students graduate at 75.7%. The gap runs 11.4 percentage points in Black students' favor, a reversal that demonstrates significant improvemen...
Georgia Went From 67.5% to 87.2% in 14 Years
In 2011, Clayton County graduated 51.5% of its seniors. Last fall, the district posted 86.3%, a 34.8 percentage point gain over 14 years. The senior who would have been the coin flip, the student whos...