Steve points out that the City Schools of Decatur were the only local school district in the metro Atlanta area that didn’t see an increase in high school dropouts under a new, stricter graduation rate formula recently imposed by the State of Georgia. Here’s the AJC’s bar chart of old and new graduation rates..

And here’s the AJC’s more in-depth article about the new dropout formula’s effect on the metro Atlanta region. I’m seeking comment from CSD on this recent finding.