Cobb schools getting academic results for money spent

The Cobb County School District earned a higher than average score under Georgia’s new “financial efficiency” measure unveiled Thursday by state education officials.

The school district earned a 3.5 in the rating system, with 1 being the worst and 5 the best. It was the second-highest score among core metro Atlanta districts. Thirty districts in the state did better, with Forsyth County leading.

Marietta City Schools, an independent system in Cobb, earned a score of 2.

Read more about the rating system here.

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Ty Tagami

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.

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