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Lassiter High School graduation rate

All six high schools in the East Cobb area have been ranked among the top 40 percent nationally by U.S. News and World Report, which released its annual Best High Schools marks last week.

The Cobb County School District said in a release that 13 of its high schools are in the top 40 percent of more than 18,000 schools nationwide.

Walton High School is ranked No. 2 in metro Atlanta, No. 4 in Georgia and No. 174 in the country.

Lassiter High School comes in at No. 7 in metro Atlanta and No. 10 in the state, while Pope is No. 16 in metro Atlanta and No. 20 in Georgia.

Wheeler High School is ranked No. 34 in metro Atlanta and No. 42 in Georgia, while Sprayberry is at No. 57 in Metro Atlanta and No. 69 in Georgia.

Kell High School is ranked No. 61 in metro Atlanta and No. 75 in Georgia.

The rankings were developed based on graduation rates, test scores and college readiness metrics, among other factors.

All 16 of Cobb’s traditional high schools were recently named AP Honor Schools by the Georgia Department of Education.

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Pope High School, East Cobb schools U.S. News rankings

The U.S. News rankings of public high schools across the country include three East Cobb schools that are in the Top 25 in the state of Georgia.

All six East Cobb high schools fall within the Top 100 in the state, according to the U.S. News index, which assesses six leading indicators, including college readiness, college curriculum breadth, math and reading proficiency, math and reading performance, underserved student performance and graduation rates (read the criteria summary here).

More than 17,000 schools were examined, including STEM and performing arts magnet schools and charter schools.

East Cobb high school profiles

No. 4: Walton
No. 10 Lassiter
No. 25: Pope
No. 55: Wheeler
No. 84: Kell
No. 87: Sprayberry

Among general high schools, Walton was ranked behind only three of those kinds of schools in Georgia, coming in at No. 4 in the state.

Walton is No. 161 in the national rankings, with an overall score of 99.09 out of 100 on the U.S. News indicators (the profiles linked above break down the numbers in all of those criteria, and including data on graduation rates, test scores, enrollment figures, subject proficiency and more).

Lassiter was 10th in Georgia and No. 324 nationally, with an overall score of 98.12. Pope is No. 25 in Georgia and No. 747 in the country, and like Walton and Lassiter has a majority of its students participating in Advanced Placement classes.

Wheeler is No. 55 in Georgia, while Kell is No. 84 and Sprayberry is No. 87. All have student enrollments that are minority-majority or are close to that designation, and graduation rates in the 80s.