Grad Rates Rise in Walton County

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Graduation rates saw significant increases at Walton County last year, according to data released Monday by the state.

The overall graduation rate in the Walton County system improved more than 3 percentage points from 78.7 percent in 2014 to 82.3 this year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

The state average is 78.8 percent.

Walton County graduation rates

School | 2014 | 2015

• Walnut Grove | 78.3 | 81.4
• Loganville| 86.9|86.7
• Monroe Area |72.0 | 78.4
• Social Circle* | 74.2 | 86.7

*not part of Walton Co. schools

Also see

• 2015 4-year Georgia Graduation Rate - State District School
• 2014 4-year Georgia Graduation Rate - State District School

This is the fifth year Georgia has calculated the graduation rate using the adjusted cohort rate, which is now required by the U.S. Department of Education. The four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate defines the cohort based on when a student first becomes a freshman; it is calculated using the number of students who graduate within four years and includes adjustments for student transfers.

In contrast, Georgia’s former graduation rate calculation defined the cohort upon graduation, which may have included students who took more than four years to graduate.