Record Georgia Graduation Rates
Georgia graduation rates reach a record 88.5 percent as multiple districts post impressive gains.
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Georgia’s four-year graduation rate reached a record 88.5% for the Class of 2026, while results varied across districts. Muscogee County posted a record 96.3%, and Troup County rose to 94.5%; McDuffie County also set a record at 95.9%. Baldwin County improved by nearly five percentage points to 86%, while Richmond County rose to a record 84.2%—its third straight year of gains—but both remained below the state average. District leaders credited student effort and support from educators, families and communities, with Richmond County citing early identification and targeted interventions to help students stay on track.
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Muscogee County’s rate rose only 0.2 percentage points from 2025 to 96.3%; all nine district high schools reached at least 92%, and five posted all-time highs.
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Muscogee County’s reported four-year cohort rate is the metric used in Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index; the district said its broader goal is to prepare graduates to enroll in college, enlist or enter the workforce.
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McDuffie County’s 95.9% rate was its sixth consecutive annual record and nearly 30 percentage points higher than 12 years earlier.
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Richmond County’s 84.2% rate was 2.5 percentage points above its 2025 result and more than 12 points higher than in 2022; it also exceeded the district’s internal 83.7% benchmark.
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Three Richmond County magnet schools—A.R. Johnson, John S. Davidson Fine Arts and Richmond County Technical Career—each maintained a 100% graduation rate. The district described using attendance, behavior and course-completion monitoring, graduation audits, counselors, credit recovery and Summer Gap to support students at risk of falling behind.
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