The Forsyth County school system boasts the highest graduation rate in the Metro Atlanta area, according to numbers from the Georgia Department of Education.
Running through 2015, the GDE found that the four-year cohort graduation rate in Forsyth was 94 percent, with 2,570 of the system’s 2,733 students graduating. Also above the 90 percentile were Fayette, Lamar and Heard Counties.
Our chart below breaks down the top 10 school systems in Metro Atlanta by graduation rate, along with the class sizes and graduation numbers.
| SYSTEM NAME | GRADUATION CLASS SIZE | TOTAL GRADUATED | GRADUATION RATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth County | 2,733 | 2,570 | 94.0 |
| Fayette County | 1,738 | 1,599 | 92.0 |
| Lamar County | 171 | 156 | 91.2 |
| Heard County | 132 | 120 | 90.9 |
| Dawson County | 277 | 247 | 89.2 |
| Douglas County | 1,956 | 1,725 | 88.2 |
| Coweta County | 1,632 | 1,409 | 86.3 |
| Cherokee County | 2,783 | 2,390 | 85.9 |
| Butts County | 252 | 216 | 85.7 |
| Fulton County | 7,107 | 6,061 | 85.3 |