Skyview High School in Fulton 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...
Nearly Three in Four Georgia Students Are Economically Disadvantaged. Their Absence Rate Is Double.
In Bibb County, a school district of about 23,000 students in central Georgia, 30.4% of students who are economically disadvantaged were chronically absent last year. For their non-disadvantaged peers...
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...