According to Education Week, Georgia’s high school graduation rate, 70%, lags behind all but two states. DeKalb Schools’ Class of 2013 graduation rate of 59% is at the bottom of that barrel. Below are graphs showing the graduation rates for the individual high schools and graduation rates across the country.
Class Of 2012
60% Nevada
68% Mississippi
70% Georgia
71% District Of Columbia
72% Louisiana
72% South Carolina
74% New Mexico
75% Florida
75% Alabama
76% Rhode Island
77% Arizona
77% Delaware
77% Michigan
78% Arkansas
78% Hawaii
78% New York
78% Oregon
78% Utah
79% Alaska
79% North Carolina
79% Oklahoma
79% Washington
80% Indiana
80% West Virginia
80% Wyoming
82% California
82% Colorado
82% Illinois
82% Kentucky
82% Texas1
83% South Dakota
83% Tennessee
84% Idaho
84% Ohio
84% Virginia
84% Maryland
86% Connecticut
86% Massachusetts
86% Missouri
86% Montana
87% Maine
87% New Hampshire
87% New Jersey1
88% Minnesota
88% Pennsylvania
89% Iowa
89% Kansas
91% North Dakota
92% Wisconsin
93% Nebraska
93% Vermont
60% Nevada
68% Mississippi
70% Georgia
71% District Of Columbia
72% Louisiana
72% South Carolina
74% New Mexico
75% Florida
75% Alabama
76% Rhode Island
77% Arizona
77% Delaware
77% Michigan
78% Arkansas
78% Hawaii
78% New York
78% Oregon
78% Utah
79% Alaska
79% North Carolina
79% Oklahoma
79% Washington
80% Indiana
80% West Virginia
80% Wyoming
82% California
82% Colorado
82% Illinois
82% Kentucky
82% Texas1
83% South Dakota
83% Tennessee
84% Idaho
84% Ohio
84% Virginia
84% Maryland
86% Connecticut
86% Massachusetts
86% Missouri
86% Montana
87% Maine
87% New Hampshire
87% New Jersey1
88% Minnesota
88% Pennsylvania
89% Iowa
89% Kansas
91% North Dakota
92% Wisconsin
93% Nebraska
93% Vermont
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”