Overall, the district graduated 71.1 percent of its students in four years. This is compared to 71.5 percent in 2015. State-wide, the graduation rate is 79.2 percent.
Use the "Select Cohort" filter in the upper left-hand corner to see graduation rates from previous school years. To see one school's rates for the past six years, click on the "School Trends" tab then use the "Select a School" filter.
Graduation rates for small APS schools that are now operating as one large school (Ex: Therrell Health, Law, and STEM) have been consolidated to more easily identify trends.
Cohorts are based on the year students first enter ninth grade. The graduation rate is the percentage of these students who graduate within four years, adjusting for transfers. Read what Superintendent Carstarphen has to say about APS grad rates on her blog, and get grad rates for all Georgia schools and districts here.