CHS juniors top state, area schools on graduation test

While students are allowed to take the tests several times before graduation, the first-time GHSGT results are used as a barometer to see where students stand as they prepare to enter their senior year of high school.

In the four counties covered by Mainstreet Newspapers — Banks, Barrow, Jackson and Madison — the variation between school results was narrow and closely followed the overall state results.

CHS reported failing percentages of 5-7 percent in Social Studies, Math, Science and English/Language Arts. Statewide, those figures ranged from seven to 13 percent.

Only three percent of Jefferson juniors failed math — the best ranking among local schools — but CHS seniors had a lower failing rate in all the other subjects than any of the school systems in Banks, Barrow, Madison and Jackson counties and its percentage of students failing was lower than the state in all categories.

First Time Test Takers Percent Failing

System E/LA Math Sci SS
State 10 7 12 13
Commerce 7 6 7 5
Barrow 10 7 11 15
Banks 11 8 13 12
Jackson 12 4 11 14
Madison 13 5 16 17
Jefferson 12 3 8 10