DID YOU KNOW
62.7%
The average graduation rate of all Walton County High Schools in the four years before Walton Career Academy (WCA) opened*
The average graduation rate of all Walton County High Schools in the four years since WCA opened*
In the years before Walton Career Academy opened, Walton County had never graduated more than 436 seniors in a single year and averaged 421 graduates/year.*
In the four years since Walton Career Academy opened, Walton County has averaged 571 high school graduates per year.*
Walton has averaged 150 additional high school graduates per year since WCA opened.*
*Source: Governor's Office of Student Achievement/Georgia Department of Education (2000-2009)
"The additional lifetime earnings of a high school graduate vs. a non-completer: more than $500,000!"**
**Source: Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, 2009
