Walton’s test scores area’s best

Six schools in Cobb and Fulton counties were among metro Atlanta’s top 10 performers on this year’s high school graduation tests, an AJC analysis shows.

Scoring highest among metro schools with at least 50 test-takers was Cobb’s Walton High School, with a 98.4 percent passing rate on the Georgia High School Graduation Tests.

The lowest passing rate in the metro area, 24.2 percent, was Crim High School in Atlanta.

Students in Georgia are required to pass all four tests, in mathematics, science, English language arts and social studies, to graduate.

Statewide data, showing improved passing rates on all four tests this year, was released by the Georgia Department of Education last month. School-by-school figures came out Monday.

Students have multiple chances to take the test; if they still fail, they can appeal to the state Board of Education for a waiver.