Cherokee’s scores on graduation test exceed state average
Cherokee Tribune
May 12, 2011

Students in Cherokee County have outperformed their counterparts on the Georgia High School Graduation Test.

The Cherokee County School System has released the 2011 results of the test, which is taken by rising high school seniors. More than 90 percent of Cherokee students passed all four sections of the test.

The school system’s best results came from the science portion, where 97 percent of Cherokee test-takers passed. That figure is steady from the year before, but up from 93 percent in 2008.

Ninety-six percent of Cherokee 11th-graders passed the language arts portion, the same percentage as last year, but up from 95 percent in 2008. Ninety-four percent passed the mathematic section, which is a decline of three points from last year. As for social studies, 93 percent passed, which is the same as last year.

The county’s results are above the state averages.

Ninety-three percent of Georgia students passed science, 91 percent passed language arts and 84 percent passed mathematics. Eighty percent passed social studies.

Special education scores took a dip in two subjects — 69 percent of special education students passed math, which is down from 82 percent last year. Seventy percent passed social studies — down from 72 percent in 2010.

All of Cherokee’s high schools showed passing percentages above 90 in all four subjects with the exception of Polaris High School.

Polaris saw drops in all portions, with 67 percent passsing language arts, 66 percent passing science, 57 percent passing social studies and 50 percent passing math.