The Henry County School System reported a slight increase in the 2016 graduation rate over the previous year. This year’s rate of 84.2 is one-tenth of a point higher than 2015 but still five percentage points above the state average, officials stated.

A total of 3,004 students received diplomas in May, the fifth-highest total of any school district in Georgia. Among the top five systems in the state based on senior class size Henry County had the second-highest graduation rate. The top rate for a single school was 93.2 percent at Union Grove High.

Information: www.henry.k12.ga.us.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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