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4-year Cohort Graduation Rate – State District School.xls
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4-year Cohort Graduation Rate - State District School.xls
November 1,
2016 – Georgia’s 2016
high school graduation rate rose for the fifth straight year, from 78.8 percent
in 2015 to 79.2* percent.
“The 2016
graduation rate shows our schools continue to make progress by offering
students an education that is relevant, keeping more students in school and on
a path to a better quality of life,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods
said. “As part of VISION 2020, we have a goal of exceeding the national average
graduation rate by the year 2020, ensuring that more students will receive a
meaningful high school diploma that prepares them for a successful and
productive future.”
Moving forward,
the GaDOE will be driven by VISION
2020, the expression of the GaDOE’s strategic plan that ensures we remain
fully focused on supporting the needs of our children. As the agency moves
forward in placing the child back into the center of Georgia’s education system,
we will concentrate on providing high-quality service and support for schools
and districts, so they’re able to offer a holistic education to each and every
child in our state.
This is the
sixth year Georgia has calculated the graduation rate using the adjusted cohort
rate, which is now required by the U.S. Department of Education. The four-year
adjusted cohort graduation rate defines the cohort based on when a student
first becomes a freshman; it is calculated using the number of students who
graduate within four years and includes adjustments for student transfers. In
contrast, Georgia’s former graduation rate calculation defined the cohort upon
graduation, which may have included students who took more than four years to
graduate.
All states now calculate
the graduation rate using the same formula, but each state still sets its own
requirements for students to earn a diploma. Georgia still has some of the
highest requirements in the nation for students to graduate with a regular
diploma.
More Information:
*State Graduation Rates (79.2 percent is
preliminary due to incomplete data from a few school districts. The state rate
will be updated as soon as we have final data).
2016 – 79.2* percent
2015 – 78.8
percent
2014 – 72.5
percent
2013 – 71.8 percent
2012 – 69.7
percent
2011 – 67.4
percent