Metro Atlanta high schools set 2025 graduation dates
In a time-honored tradition, thousands of high school seniors across the metro Atlanta area will don graduation caps and walk across stages at their commencement ceremonies in May.
Most of the ceremonies will take place the week of May 19, at college convocation centers and arenas across three counties. Many of the ceremonies will be live-streamed.
Here’s the full schedule of ceremonies in Atlanta Public Schools and the Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett school systems.
Atlanta Public Schools
All APS commencement ceremonies will take place at the McCamish Pavilion at Georgia Tech, 956 Fowler St. NW, unless otherwise noted. More information about commencement in APS can be found on the district’s website.
- Atlanta Classical Academy: TBD
- B.E.S.T./Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy: 12 p.m. May 20
- Carver STEAM and Early College: 3 p.m. May 20
- Drew Charter School: 4 p.m. May 17 at Drew Charter School
- Douglass High: 7 p.m. May 20
- Jackson High: 11 a.m. May 23
- Kipp Atlanta: 3 p.m. May 20
- Mays High: 3 p.m. May 21
- Midtown High: 11 a.m. May 21
- North Atlanta High: 11 a.m. May 22
- Schools of Carver: 3 p.m. May 22
- South Atlanta High: 3 p.m. May 23
- Therell High: 7 p.m. May 22
- Washington High: 7 p.m. May 21
Cobb County School District
All Cobb commencement ceremonies will take place at the Kennesaw State University Convocation Center, 590 Cobb Ave., unless otherwise noted. More information about commencement in Cobb can be found on the district’s website.
- Allatoona High: 9 a.m. May 23 at Allatoona Stadium
- Campbell High: 7 p.m. May 23
- Cobb Horizon High and Cobb Online Learning Academy: 3:30 p.m. May 19
- Harrison High: 10 a.m. May 24
- Hillgrove High: 7:30 p.m. May 19
- Kell High: 3:30 p.m. May 21
- Kennesaw Mountain High: 7:30 p.m. May 20
- Lassiter High: 7:30 p.m. May 21
- McEachern High: 9 a.m. May 22 at Cantrell Stadium
- North Cobb High: 10 a.m. May 22
- Osborne High: 7 p.m. May 22
- Pebblebrook High: 2:30 p.m. May 23
- Pope High: 10 a.m. May 23
- South Cobb High: 7 p.m. May 24
- Sprayberry High: 3:30 p.m. May 20
- Walton High: 2:30 p.m. May 22
- Wheeler High: 2:30 p.m. May 24
DeKalb County School District
All DeKalb commencement ceremonies will take place at the Georgia State Convocation Center, 455 Capitol Ave SE, unless otherwise noted. More information about commencement in DeKalb can be found on the district’s website.
- Arabia Mountain High: 12 p.m. May 24
- Cedar Grove High: 3 p.m. May 21
- Chamblee High: 5 p.m. May 22
- Clarkston High: 10 a.m. May 25
- Columbia High: 7 p.m. May 21
- Cross Keys High: 12:30 p.m. May 22
- DeKalb Early College Academy: 12:30 May 23
- DeKalb School of the Arts: 10 a.m. May 21
- Druid Hills High: 10 a.m. May 22
- Dunwoody High: 7 p.m. May 22
- Elizabeth Andrews High: 3 p.m. May 23
- Lakeside High: 10 a.m. May 23
- Lithonia High: 12:30 p.m. May 25
- Margaret Harris Comprehensive School: 9:30 a.m. May 16 at Margaret Harris Comprehensive School
- Miller Grove High: 5 p.m. May 24
- M. L. King, Jr. High: 2:30 p.m. May 24
- Redan High: 3 p.m. May 25
- Ronald E. McNair High: 12:30 p.m. May 21
- Southwest DeKalb High: 7 p.m. May 24
- Stephenson High: 7 p.m. May 23
- Stone Mountain High: 5 p.m. May 23
- Tapestry Charter School: 3 p.m. May 22
- Towers High: 5 p.m. May 21
- Tucker High: 9:30 a.m. May 24
Fulton County School District
More information about commencement in Fulton can be found on the district’s website.
- Alpharetta High: 7:30 p.m. May 21 at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
- Banneker High: 11 a.m. May 14 at Gateway Arena
- Cambridge High: 2 p.m. May 19 at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
- Centennial High: 1:30 p.m. May 20 at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
- Chattahoochee High: 1:30 p.m. May 19 at Gas South Arena
- Creekside High: 11 a.m. May 15 at Gateway Arena
- Fulton Academy of Virtual Excellence: 10 a.m. May 23 at Riverwood High School
- Global Impact Academy: 12 p.m. May 12 at Morehouse College Chapel
- Hapeville Charter: 6 p.m. May 15 at Gateway Arena
- Independence High: 12 p.m. May 16 at Roswell Presbyterian Church
- Innovation Academy: 7:30 p.m. May 20 at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
- Johns Creek High: 7:30 p.m. May 15 at Gas South Arena
- Langston Hughes High: 6 p.m. May 14 at Gateway Arena
- Milton High: 7:30 p.m. May 19 at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
- North Springs High: 10 a.m. May 19 at Georgia State Convocation Center
- Northview High: 2 p.m. May 21 at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
- Riverwood International Charter: 2 p.m. May 19 at Georgia State Convocation Center
- Roswell High: 2 p.m. May 20 at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
- Skyview High: 10 a.m. May 23 at Banneker High
- Tri-Cities High: 11 a.m. May 16 at Gateway Arena
- Westlake High: 6 p.m. May 16 at Gateway Arena
Gwinnett County School District
All Gwinnett commencement ceremonies will take place in Duluth at the Gas South Arena, 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy., unless otherwise noted. More information about commencement in DeKalb can be found on the district’s website.
- Archer High: 8:30 a.m. May 26
- Berkmar High: 8:30 a.m. May 23
- Brookwood High: 8 p.m. May 21 at Brookwood Stadium
- Central Gwinnett High: 7 p.m. May 21 at Central Gwinnett Stadium
- Collins Hill High: 7 p.m. May 25
- Dacula High: 2 p.m. May 22
- Discovery High: 8:30 a.m. May 25
- Duluth High: 2 p.m. May 25
- Grayson High: 3 p.m. May 21
- Gwinnett Online Campus: 6 p.m. May 23
- Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology: 6 p.m. May 22
- Lanier High: 8:30 a.m. May 24
- McClure Health Science High: 5 p.m. May 21
- Meadowcreek High: 7:30 p.m. May 22
- Mill Creek High: 8 p.m. May 21 at Mill Creek Community Stadium
- Mountain View High: 8 p.m. May 21
- Norcross High: 2 p.m. May 24
- North Gwinnett High: 2 p.m. May 23
- Parkview High: 8 p.m. May 21 at Parkview Community Stadium
- Paul Duke STEM High: 10 a.m. May 22
- Peachtree Ridge High: 7:30 p.m. May 23
- Phoenix High: 10:30 a.m. May 15 at Lawrenceville Lawn
- Seckinger High: 8:30 a.m. May 22
- Shiloh High: 2 p.m. May 26
- South Gwinnett High: 7:30 p.m. May 24
About the Author
Cassidy Alexander covers Georgia education issues for the AJC. She previously covered education for The Daytona Beach News-Journal, and was named Florida's Outstanding New Journalist of the Year.
