ATLANTA – Georgia’s high-school seniors posted a record graduation rate of 85.4% this year, up from 84.4% in 2023, the state Department of Education reported Tuesday. The statewide graduation rate has increased by 18 percentage points since the state began using the adjusted cohort calculation first required by federal law in 2011. “These students faced great challenges throughout their school careers,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods s

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Georgia High School Class Of 2024 Had A Record Graduation Rate

(The Center Square) – Georgia's high school graduation rate for 2024 is 85.4%, the highest since 2011 according to the Georgia Department of Education.

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According to data released by the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), Newton County School System’s (NCSS) four-year, cohort graduation rates continued to best the state rate in 2024. The district’s overall graduation rate for 2024 was  91 percent. All three high schools, Alcovy, Eastside and Newton also topped the state rate.

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Georgia high school Class of 2024 posts record graduation rate

Georgia’s high-school seniors posted a record graduation rate of 85.4% this year, up from 84.4% in 2023, the state Department of Education reported Tuesday. The statewide graduation rate has increased by 18 percentage points since the state began using the adjusted cohort calculation first required by federal law in 2011. “These students faced great challenges throughout their school careers,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said of th…

Georgia’s high-school seniors recorded another all-time-high graduation rate in 2024. Bulloch County school district’s average rose from 89.2% in 2023 to above 90% in 2024. The four-year graduation rate for the state rose to 85.4% — up from 84.4% in 2023, and an all-time high since the state began using the adjusted cohort calculation first […] The post Georgia Students Record Another Historic-High Graduation Rate, Bulloch Averaged Above 90% app…

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For the third year in a row, Lassiter High School led the Cobb County School District in its graduation rate in 2024. According to data released by the Georgia Department of Education, 98 percent of Lassiter’s Class of 2024 (435 of 444 seniors) received their diplomas in May. That’s just above 97.6 percent for Walton and Harrison and 97.3 percent for Pope. Cobb’s overall graduation rate was 87.9 percent, up from 87.7 percent in 2023 and above th…

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(The Center Square) – Georgia’s high school graduation rate for 2024 is 85.4%, the highest since 2011 according to the Georgia Department of Education. The rate is up from 84.4% in 2023 and up 18 percentage points since 2011, the department said Tuesday. The graduation rate was 67.4% in 2011. One hundred and fifteen school districts have graduation rates above 90%. Forty-four districts are above 95%, the department said. State officials use an a…

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Floyd County Schools’ (FCS) four-year graduation rate for the Class of 2024 is marked official at 95.4%, according to data released today by the Georgia Department of Education. This rate exceeds the state’s rate of 85.4%. Only 43 other school districts in the state achieved graduation rates of 95% or higher, with FCS finishing in the top 19%. This is the second year in a row that FCS… Source

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