All 7 Hall high schools making AYP this year; graduation rate up

GAINESVILLE - All seven high schools in Hall County are expected to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) this year - and the graduation rate is up 7 percent.

Superintendent Will Schofield says last year only one high school - East Hall - failed to make AYP.

Schofield says data on the elementary and middle schools is still be analyzed. The state will report statewide AYP results later this summer.

Schofield also announced Wednesday that the systemwide high school graduation rate was up 7 percent this year over last year. Especially of note, he said, is a 15 percent increase at East Hall and a 12 percent increase at Chestatee.

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