High School Graduation Rates

Georgia high school graduation rates by school, district, and demographic subgroup, 2012-2025.

Source: Georgia Insights (GaDOE) / GOSA
Year coverage: 2012–2025
Updated: annual
Version: 1.0.0
Schema hash: cf373e5d8659

Detail levels available

StateDistrictSchool · default

Overview

Georgia high school graduation rates at the school, district, and state level by demographic subgroup, 2012-2025. A single `graduation_rate` column (0-1 scale) carries three distinct methodologies discriminated by `rate_type`: the federal adjusted 4-year cohort rate (2012-2025), the 5-year cohort variant (2018-2024), and the Senate Bill 431 on-time rate (2021-2024, school-level only). `num_cohort` and `num_graduates` carry the published denominator/numerator where a source ships them; CCRPI accountability years add an improvement `indicator_target` and color `ccrpi_flag`. Sources span six release families (CCRPI workbooks, legacy 2012-2014 releases, standalone 4-year and 5-year cohort releases, SB 431 on-time releases, and a GOSA-portal CSV that fills the 2023 4-year count gap), merged by source precedence. This topic publishes the underlying graduation rates by methodology and demographic; the CCRPI Graduation Rate component score as it feeds the accountability index (a distinct benchmarked value, not equal to the raw 4-year rate) — alongside the overall CCRPI score and the other four component scores — lives in the `ccrpi_scoring_by_component` topic (the CCRPI overview).

Row grain: One row per year, district_code, school_code, demographic, rate_type.

Key metric

graduation_rate — Graduation Rate (proportion)

The single headline value most answers want.

JSON schema →Data contract (YAML) →

Variables

Every column in the fact table. The code is the exact field name the API returns.

Column	Type	Unit	Range	Null?	Description
`year`Year	integer	—	—	no	Graduation (cohort end) calendar year. For `4_year` rows, the spring the cohort was due to graduate; for `5_year` rows, the cohort's 4-year year + 1 had already passed (the rate is published one year later but keyed to the cohort year measured); for `on_time` rows, the SB 431 graduation year. Sourced from the bronze year column where one exists (CCRPI/legacy/on-time files; cross-checked against the filename) and from the filename for the standalone cohort releases. The February 2018 standalone release carries 2017-cohort data and lands in 2017. Full description▾ Graduation (cohort end) calendar year. For `4_year` rows, the spring the cohort was due to graduate; for `5_year` rows, the cohort's 4-year year + 1 had already passed (the rate is published one year later but keyed to the cohort year measured); for `on_time` rows, the SB 431 graduation year. Sourced from the bronze year column where one exists (CCRPI/legacy/on-time files; cross-checked against the filename) and from the filename for the standalone cohort releases. The February 2018 standalone release carries 2017-cohort data and lands in 2017.
`district_code`District Code	string	—	—	yes	3-digit GOSA district code (zero-padded) for standard districts; 7-digit code for state-charter/state-school operators; the allowlisted pseudo-district code `RTC` (Residential Treatment Center aggregate, data years 2015-2018 only). NULL for state-level rows. FK to the districts dimension. Full description▾ 3-digit GOSA district code (zero-padded) for standard districts; 7-digit code for state-charter/state-school operators; the allowlisted pseudo-district code `RTC` (Residential Treatment Center aggregate, data years 2015-2018 only). NULL for state-level rows. FK to the districts dimension. Joins districts; adds its label columns.
`school_code`School Code	string	—	—	yes	4-digit GOSA school code (zero-padded; later bronze years strip leading zeros). NULL for district- and state-level rows. FK to the schools dimension (composite key with district_code). Full description▾ 4-digit GOSA school code (zero-padded; later bronze years strip leading zeros). NULL for district- and state-level rows. FK to the schools dimension (composite key with district_code). Joins schools; adds its label columns.
`demographic`Demographic	string	—	—	no	Student subgroup the row reports — race, gender, economic status, disability, and more; 'all' is the total. Full description▾ Canonical demographic code (FK to demographics dimension). 10 subgroups are reported across every era (all, asian_pacific_islander, black, hispanic, white, multiracial, native_american, economically_disadvantaged, english_learners, students_with_disabilities); 8 more (active_duty, female, male, foster_care, homeless, migrant, not_economically_disadvantaged, students_without_disabilities) appear ONLY in 2023 via the GOSA 4-year cohort CSV's wider breakdown. Race uses the combined `asian_pacific_islander` bucket — no source file publishes separate Asian or Pacific Islander rows. `American Indian/Alaskan [Native]` label drift folds to `native_american`; the GOSA CSV's `Limited English Proficient` folds to `english_learners`. 18 allowed values▾ `active_duty` `all` `asian_pacific_islander` `black` `economically_disadvantaged` `english_learners` `female` `foster_care` `hispanic` `homeless` `male` `migrant` `multiracial` `native_american` `not_economically_disadvantaged` `students_with_disabilities` `students_without_disabilities` `white` Joins demographics; adds its label columns.
`rate_type`Rate Type	string	—	—	no	Which graduation-rate methodology the row uses: 4-year cohort, 5-year cohort, or the SB 431 on-time rate. Full description▾ Graduation-rate methodology: `4_year` (federal adjusted 4-year cohort rate, 2012-2025), `5_year` (5-year cohort variant, 2018-2024), or `on_time` (SB 431 statutory measure — continuous enrollment from Oct 1 of 9th grade — 2021-2024, school-level rows only). Denominator semantics differ per type (see num_cohort). 3 allowed values▾ `4_year` `5_year` `on_time`
`graduation_rate`Graduation Rate	number	proportion	—	yes	Share of the cohort that graduated, on a 0-1 scale; which methodology applies is set by rate_type. Full description▾ Graduation rate on the 0-1 decimal scale (bronze ships 0-100; divided by 100). Interpretation follows rate_type. For overlapping 4-year keys the CCRPI accountability value wins by source precedence; standalone cohort releases fill years CCRPI does not cover, and ~200 small-cell 2023 keys carry the GOSA CSV rate that the CCRPI workbook suppressed. CAVEAT: the rate and the count pair can come from releases published at different cutoffs — do NOT assume num_graduates / num_cohort equals graduation_rate for `4_year` rows (it reconciles only to ~0.4pp even within one release). For `on_time` rows the identity holds to published rounding and is enforced as a quality check.
`num_cohort`Number Cohort	integer	count	—	yes	Published cohort denominator. For `4_year` rows: the federal adjusted cohort (first-time 9th graders four years prior, adjusted for transfers) from the standalone cohort releases — ALL-Students demographic only in 2015-2022/2024-2025, all 18 demographics in 2023 via the GOSA CSV. For `on_time` rows: `Total Enrolled` per SB 431 (continuous enrollment from Oct 1). Never published for `5_year` rows or the 2012-2014 legacy years. Full description▾ Published cohort denominator. For `4_year` rows: the federal adjusted cohort (first-time 9th graders four years prior, adjusted for transfers) from the standalone cohort releases — ALL-Students demographic only in 2015-2022/2024-2025, all 18 demographics in 2023 via the GOSA CSV. For `on_time` rows: `Total Enrolled` per SB 431 (continuous enrollment from Oct 1). Never published for `5_year` rows or the 2012-2014 legacy years.
`num_graduates`Number Graduates	integer	count	—	yes	Published count of graduates (cohort numerator). Same source coverage as num_cohort. Never exceeds num_cohort (0 violations source-wide; enforced as a quality check). CAVEAT: published at a different cutoff than the CCRPI graduation_rate for 4-year rows — see graduation_rate. Full description▾ Published count of graduates (cohort numerator). Same source coverage as num_cohort. Never exceeds num_cohort (0 violations source-wide; enforced as a quality check). CAVEAT: published at a different cutoff than the CCRPI graduation_rate for 4-year rows — see graduation_rate.
`indicator_target`Indicator Target	number	proportion	—	yes	CCRPI improvement target on the same 0-1 scale as graduation_rate (observed range [0.022, 0.9]). Published for 4-year and 5-year rows in 2018-2019 and 2023-2025 releases: years 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 carry both rate types, 2022 carries 5-year only (the 2023 workbook's prior-year slice; the 2022 release itself omitted the column), 2025 carries 4-year only (its 5-year slice lands in 2024). 2020 is all NULL (COVID CCRPI suspension). NOT cross-topic comparable: each CCRPI topic's target inherits its companion metric's scale (§16). Full description▾ CCRPI improvement target on the same 0-1 scale as graduation_rate (observed range [0.022, 0.9]). Published for 4-year and 5-year rows in 2018-2019 and 2023-2025 releases: years 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 carry both rate types, 2022 carries 5-year only (the 2023 workbook's prior-year slice; the 2022 release itself omitted the column), 2025 carries 4-year only (its 5-year slice lands in 2024). 2020 is all NULL (COVID CCRPI suspension). NOT cross-topic comparable: each CCRPI topic's target inherits its companion metric's scale (§16).
`ccrpi_flag`CCRPI Flag	string	—	—	yes	CCRPI performance color (green/yellow/red) for whether the school met its graduation improvement target. Full description▾ CCRPI performance color flag: `green` (met the improvement target), `yellow` (improved but short of target), or `red` (did not improve); bronze G/Y/R recoded per §16. The graduation indicator never awards `green_star` in any bronze year (2018-2025, verified). Same publication coverage as indicator_target. A derived performance attribute functionally determined by the rest of the row key, so it is excluded from the contract grain. 3 allowed values▾ `green` `red` `yellow`

Filters

Query parameters the fact endpoint accepts. Comma-separated values are OR within a parameter; multiple parameters AND together.

Parameter	Kind	Allowed values	Notes
`year`	year_exact	any value	—
`year_min`	year_range	any value	—
`year_max`	year_range	any value	—
`detail`	detail	`districtsschoolsstates`	enum-enforced, default: schools
`district_code`	foreign_key	any value	multi-value
`school_code`	foreign_key	any value	multi-value
`demographic`	foreign_key	18 allowed values▾ `active_duty` `all` `asian_pacific_islander` `black` `economically_disadvantaged` `english_learners` `female` `foster_care` `hispanic` `homeless` `male` `migrant` `multiracial` `native_american` `not_economically_disadvantaged` `students_with_disabilities` `students_without_disabilities` `white`	multi-value, enum-enforced
`rate_type`	categorical	`4_year5_yearon_time`	multi-value, enum-enforced, pick one
`ccrpi_flag`	categorical	`greenredyellow`	multi-value, enum-enforced
`district_type`	dimension_attribute	7 allowed values▾ `commission_charter` `resa` `standard` `state_agency` `state_charter` `state_school` `state_special`	multi-value, enum-enforced
`demographic_category`	dimension_attribute	12 allowed values▾ `aggregate` `disability` `economic_status` `esol` `foster_care` `gender` `grade` `homeless_status` `migrant_status` `military` `race` `sped`	multi-value, enum-enforced

Example requests

Run these against the base URL — they return live data.

All rows (first page), schools level

curl "https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/education/ccrpi_graduation_rate"

schools data for 2025

curl "https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/education/ccrpi_graduation_rate?year=2025"

Filtered to rate_type = 4_year for 2025

curl "https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/education/ccrpi_graduation_rate?year=2025&rate_type=4_year"

One district (code 601), 2025

curl "https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/education/ccrpi_graduation_rate?district_code=601&year=2025&detail=districts"

Download 2025 as CSV

curl "https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/education/ccrpi_graduation_rate?year=2025&format=csv"

Notes & limitations

NULL handling

Suppressed cells (too few students to report) are NULL, never zero.
Zero is a real, reported value.

Limitations

Suppressed cells are NULL (not zero). State rows have NULL district_code and school_code. District rows have NULL school_code.