Cherokee Tribune – Cherokee grad rates exceed state average

The Cherokee County School District was among the four highest-ranked counties in the metro Atlanta area for graduation rates of a county school system for 2013, exceeding state averages by 6.5 percentage points.

Of the 2,764 students in Cherokee County high schools in the 2013 class, 2,156 students, or 78 percent, graduated in four years, exceeding the state average of 71.5 percent, according to State Department of Education figures released Wednesday.

Fayette County schools scored highest in the 10-county metro Atlanta area with a four-year graduation rate of 87.3 percent.

Henry County schools had a graduation rate of 78.5 percent, and Cherokee schools tied with Rockdale County schools with 78 percent.

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