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Georgia's rising public high school graduation rate hits record in 2023

Department of Education: 84.4% of seniors graduated on time in the spring

Coleton McLemore is silhouetted against the sky during the Commencement Exercises for the Class of 2020 at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School's Tommy Cash Stadium on July 31, 2020, in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Georgia education officials announced Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, that the state's four-year high school graduation rate rose to 84.4% in 2023, a new record for the state. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP/file)

graduation rates — Coleton McLemore is silhouetted against the sky during the Commencement Exercises for the Class of 2020 at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School's Tommy Cash Stadium on July 31, 2020, in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Georgia education officials announced Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, that the state's four-year high school graduation rate rose to 84.4% in 2023, a new record for the state. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP/file)

ATLANTA — Georgia's rising public high school graduation rate hit a record in 2023, with the state Department of Education saying Tuesday that 84.4% of seniors graduated on time in the spring.

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