DeKalb School graduation rate climbed nearly 4 percentage points in 2017 to 74%.
Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT)
This is the third year that students shall no longer be required to earn a passing score on the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) to earn a high school diploma. Note the huge increase in the graduation rate from 2014 to 2015 when the GHSGT was eliminated from the requirements to graduate.
2017 Graduation Requirements
The following courses require students to take the Georgia Milestones End-of-Course (EOC) Test to earn credit for the course and count for 20% of the student’s final grade.
| 9th Grade Lit/Comp | American Lit/Comp | Coordinate Algebra |
| Analytic Geometry | Biology | Physical Science |
| U.S. History | Economics |
Hispanic Graduation Rates
The Hispanic population continues to struggle at Chamblee Charter HS (55.9%) and Dunwoody HS (55.4%).
Class of 2017 –Major Graduation Gains
Cedar Grove High School –from 72% (2016) to 83% (2017)
Clarkston High School –from 59% (2016) to 72% (2017)
Dunwoody High School –from 80% (2016) to 86% (2017)
Lakeside High School –from 78% (2016) to 83% (2017)
McNair High School –from 58% (2016) to 62% (2017)
Miller Grove High School –from 70% (2016) to 79% (2017)
2017 DeKalb Graduation Rates By High School & Demographic
GA DOE – DCSD – 2017 Four-Year Graduation Rate by Subgroup
| Grad % 4-year Cohort Rate | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGION | SCHOOL | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017% | Asian | Black | Hispanic | White |
| DeKalb County | 60.2% | 70.3% | 7128.0% | 5014.0% | 74.0% | 73.3% | 73.4% | 63.6% | 89.0% | |
| 3 | DeKalb Early College | 97.4% | 100.0% | 97.7% | 96.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |||
| 4 | Arabia Mountain | 96.9% | 98.3% | 97.2% | 99.2% | 99.0% | 99.0% | |||
| 2 | DeKalb School of the Arts | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 98.4% | 98.7% | 100.0% | 96.4% | ||
| 1 | Dunwoody HS | 73.6% | 78.6% | 77.9% | 79.7% | 85.7% | 97.6% | 85.1% | 55.4% | 96.0% |
| 2 | Tucker HS | 65.9% | 68.6% | 86.9% | 90.4% | 85.1% | 73.6% | 88.0% | 80.0% | 89.2% |
| 5 | Cedar Grove HS | 65.0% | 72.5% | 76.7% | 72.3% | 83.5% | 83.1% | |||
| 2 | Lakeside HS | 72.4% | 77.4% | 80.2% | 77.7% | 83.4% | 97.0% | 83.6% | 65.8% | 93.5% |
| 1 | Chamblee HS | 84.4% | 83.5% | 85.7% | 85.8% | 81.9% | 78.1% | 86.2% | 55.9% | 89.1% |
| 3 | Redan HS | 72.8% | 79.9% | 81.4% | 80.9% | 81.5% | 80.9% | |||
| 3 | Stephenson HS | 63.8% | 71.9% | 73.2% | 78.4% | 80.0% | 80.2% | |||
| 4 | Miller Grove HS | 60.2% | 59.5% | 79.6% | 70.3% | 79.5% | 80.7% | |||
| 2 | Druid Hills HS | 73.2% | 75.9% | 79.0% | 81.2% | 79.2% | 65.1% | 78.4% | 68.4% | 92.8% |
| 4 | Destiny Academy | 36.8% | 58.3% | 75.5% | 77.7% | 79.0% | 79.0% | |||
| 4 | Lithonia HS | 57.5% | 67.2% | 72.3% | 75.1% | 76.9% | 76.6% | |||
| 4 | Martin Luther King HS | 73.6% | 65.4% | 73.6% | 69.7% | 74.4% | 75.3% | |||
| 4 | Southwest DeKalb HS | 74.7% | 66.2% | 72.7% | 80.1% | 74.2% | 73.9% | |||
| 3 | Clarkston HS | 53.8% | 51.9% | 65.1% | 59.4% | 72.3% | 64.0% | 75.4% | 90.0% | |
| 5 | Columbia HS | 62.3% | 61.7% | 75.8% | 66.8% | 70.5% | 70.8% | |||
| 3 | Stone Mountain HS | 62.3% | 59.4% | 66.9% | 63.3% | 68.8% | 81.3% | 70.2% | 66.7% | |
| 1 | Cross Keys HS | 43.5% | 47.2% | 55.8% | 73.8% | 68.7% | 78.9% | 76.9% | 66.8% | |
| 5 | Towers HS | 44.1% | 53.7% | 70.1% | 67.0% | 68.3% | 69.1% | |||
| 5 | McNair HS | 46.6% | 52.4% | 59.2% | 58.0% | 62.3% | 62.1% | |||
| 5 | Elizabeth Andrews HS | 10.9% | 9.3% | 17.9% | 11.1% | 11.5% | 9.3% | 11.8% | ||
| 5 | DeKalb Alternative | 1.2% | 4.2% | 11.5% | 14.6% | 2.6% | 3.2% | |||
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