More than 8,000 high school seniors in the Cobb County School District will be graduating this week.
The Class of 2024 will have commencement exercises from Monday-Saturday, mostly at the Kennesaw State University Convocation Center, including all six high schools in East Cobb:
- Wheeler: Tuesday, May 21, 7:30 p.m.
- Pope: Wednesday, May 22, 7:30 p.m.
- Kell: Thursday, May 23, 2:30 p.m.
- Lassiter: Friday, May 24, 10 a.m.
- Walton: Friday, May 24, 2:30 p.m.
- Sprayberry: Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m.
All of the ceremonies will be streamed live at this link, and videos can be ordered by clicking here. The cost is $30 for DVD and $35 for a USB version and includes shipping.
More graduation information can be found here; it includes more details about each school’s commencement and venue information, including directions and a KSU campus map, tickets and a graduation contract.
In 2023, the Cobb County School District’s graduation rate was 87.7 percent, second in metro Atlanta to Fulton County (90.3 percent).
Those are federally-calculated figures that include students enrolled for a single day of high school. Walton’s 96.3 percent was fourth in the Cobb, behind 98.4 percent at Lassiter, and 97 percent at Harrison and Hillgrove.
Pope’s graduation rate was 95.6 last year, followed by Kell (93.8), Wheeler (90.7) and Sprayberry 87.5.
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