Education
Clayton schools graduation rate lags Georgia’s
Two small Clayton County schools, the Elite Scholars Academy and the Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts, had the highest graduation rates in the district.
The state Department of Education released graduation rates for Georgia Monday morning.
Clayton at 66.4 percent, lagged the state. Georgia’s average rate for 2015 is 78.8 percent.
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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
