72.5 percent rate represents third straight increase in state rate
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2014 4-year Cohort Graduation Rate - State District School by Subgroup.xls
October
30, 2014 – Georgia’s
public high school graduation rate has increased for the third consecutive year, rising from 71.8 percent in
2013 to 72.5 percent in 2014, and rising a total of 5.1
percentage points since 2011.
“This is
something to celebrate,” State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge said. “When
we see the graduation rate consistently trending upward
and when we see a greater percentage of our students graduating from our
public high schools, we are talking about individual students and individual
dreams. We’re talking about students whose options and futures expanded when
they obtained a high-school diploma. So we are celebrating their victories, and
turning toward the future, and the work necessary to make those dreams a
reality for an even higher percentage of students.”
This is the
fourth year Georgia has calculated the graduation rate using a new formula –
known as the adjusted cohort rate – 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 for graduate.
“While
all states now calculate the graduation rate using the same formula, what each
state requires to earn a diploma varies dramatically across the country,”
Superintendent Barge said. “Georgia has one of the highest sets of standards in the
country for students, so our graduation rate typically doesn’t look very good
when compared to the nation -- but it’s simply not an apples-to-apples comparison. What we’re
ultimately concerned about in Georgia is that more and more students earn a
high school diploma, and we’re seeing that happen each year.”
More Information:
State Graduation Rates
2014
– 72.5 percent
2013
– 71.8 percent
2012
– 69.7 percent
2011
– 67.4 percent
2013 graduation rate
2013 4-Year Cohort Graduation Rates with subgroups.xls
2013 4-Year Cohort Graduation Rates - Districts and
Schools with Counts.xlsx
2012 graduation rate
2012 4-Year Cohort State and System Graduation Rate.xls
2012 4-Year Cohort School-level Graduation Rate.xls
Four-yearAdjusted Cohort Graduation Rate Calculation
