1. Success
Starting in 6th Grade 

2. Richmond County Graduation Rates
Ranked above the state graduation rate:
Lucy C. Laney %
Cross Creek % (surpassed the state average but saw decreases from the previous school year)
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School %
Davidson Fine Arts School - 100%
AR Johnson - 100%

3. Richmond County Graduation Rates
Ranked below the state graduation average
T.W. Josey %
Glenn Hills %
Hephzibah %
Butler %
Alternative Education Center at Lamar %
Performance Learning Center %

4. Average Salary Average high school dropout annual income of $20,241
Average high school graduate annual income of $35,256 

5. Average Unemployment
Finding a job is also much more of a challenge for dropouts.
National unemployment rate - 8.1%
National unemployment rate for high school dropouts - 12%
National unemployment rate for high school graduates – 5.4%
National unemployment rate for college graduates – 4.1%

6. Average Poverty Rate High school dropouts - 30.8%
High school graduates -13.5%

7. Incarceration Rates
Among dropouts between the ages of 16 and 24, incarceration rates were a whopping 63 times higher than among high school graduates. To be sure, there is no direct link between prison and the decision to leave high school early. Rather, the data is evidence that dropouts are exposed to many of the same socioeconomic forces that are often gateways to crime.
On any given day:
One in every 10 young male high school dropouts is in jail or juvenile detention
One in every 35 young male high school graduates is in jail or juvenile detention

8. Dropout Cost to Taxpayers
A high school dropout will end up costing taxpayers an average of $292,000 over a lifetime due to the price tag associated with incarceration and other factors such as how much less they pay in taxes