The Columbia County School District saw a 1.3% increase from 2023 to 2024.
More than 93% of high school students from the Class of 2024 earned their high school diplomas, according to an Oct. 17 news release from the Columbia County School District.
Graduation rates reported by the Georgia Department of Education began using an
adjusted cohort calculation in 2011. With that, the Class of 2024 graduation rate rose to 93.4% eight percentage points higher than the state average of 85.4%.
This year’s graduation rate is also an all-time high for the CCSD since 2011, and Evans High School and Lakeside High School also reported their highest rates since 2011.
“{The dedicated staff of the CCSD works hard to encourage students to engage in their education and graduate on time. Through developing and implementing the CCSD’s Academic Curriculum for Excellence (ACE) and enhancing the CCSD High School Experience, students have learning options that begin in middle school with opportunities to earn high school credit. In high school, students can enrich their
academic experience through a growing number of CTAE pathways and work-based learning opportunities, dual enrollment, advanced placement course offerings, the IB Diploma Programme, and athletics and fine arts programs,” the news release said.
Class of 2024 graduation percentages by school: Evans High School, 94.7%, 1.7% increase; Greenbrier High School, 94.4%, 2.2% decrease; Grovetown High School, 91.9%, 2.3% increase; Harlem High School, 88.1%,, 0.5% increase; and Lakeside High School, 97%, 3.6% increase.
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