This Cobb County school rose off Georgia's low-performing list
A Cobb County public school improved enough to move off of Georgia’s lowest-performing list.
Clarkdale Elementary School is among 61 in the state no longer considered "priority" or "focus" schools, the Georgia Department of Education announced Tuesday.
They got on the list with low student scores on state standardized tests and, in some cases, low graduation rates. Clarkdale was labeled a focus school.
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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.
