4 East Cobb high schools surpass 90 percent graduation rates

Four high schools in East Cobb reported graduation rates of 90 percent or higher in the Class of 2022.

The Georgia Department of Education released district- and school-level figures on Thursday, with Harrison High School leading the Cobb County School District with a 97.2 percent graduation rate.

Lassiter High School in East Cobb was second at 97 percent, followed by Walton at 96.5 percent and Pope at 96.2 percent. Kell graduated 91.3 percent of its seniors this year.

Sprayberry had a graduation rate of 88.2 percent and Wheeler’s is 86.8 percent.

Federal law requires that graduation rates must be calculated by including all students expected to graduate in 2022, including those enrolled for a single day.

The Cobb County School District reported an overall graduation rate of 87.4 percent, second in the metro Atlanta area to Fulton County schools (89.3 percent), according to a district release.

The state average of 84.1 percent is an all-time high.

The Kell graduation rate of 91.3 percent is 2.4 percent better than 2021, and Sprayberry’s rate rose 1.9 percent from last year, according to the Cobb school district.

The district said that its graduation rate would be 92.6 percent if calculated to include students who were enrolled for at least two years, 95.2 percent for three years and 96.5 percent for students in the 16 traditional high schools enrolled all four years.

The Georgia Department of Education has full scores that you can read through by clicking here.

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