Decatur High graduation rate puts school in elite group | Decaturish

The Georgia Department of Education on Dec. 11 released data about graduation rates in public schools and Decatur High ranks among the best in the state.

Decatur High’s graduation rate in 2013 was 93.9 percent, an improvement over a 91 percent rate in 2012, Department of Education data show.

I used some of the other information published on Dec. 11 to see how Decatur stacks up against its peers. The statewide graduation rate is 71.5 percent, but that’s not a bar too high for Decatur to jump. Based on my count, there are 427 public high schools with graduation rates measured by the state DOE. Only 34 of those high schools had a graduation rate of 91 percent or higher, putting Decatur High in the top 8 percent of all public high schools in Georgia.

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