Dunwoody High's four-year graduation rate hit 91.7% for the Class of 2026, the district said: the school's first year above 90% and up from 86.8% in 2025.
Dunwoody High School graduated 91.7% of its Class of 2026 within four years. That is the school’s highest rate on record and the first time it has passed 90%.
The DeKalb County School District published the figures Sept. 28 in its graduation rate release. The district said Dunwoody was one of four high schools to pass 90% for the first time.
The state’s own files back that up. In every year from 2018 to 2025, Dunwoody High’s rate stayed between 84.8% and 89.6%, according to the graduation rate downloads published by the Georgia Governor’s Office of Student Achievement.
How much it rose
The state’s published rate for the Class of 2025 was 86.8%. That was 474 graduates out of a cohort of 546 students, according to the 2025 state file. Measured against that figure, the 2026 rate is 4.9 points higher.
The district’s release lists Dunwoody’s gain as 8.9 points, which would put the 2025 rate near 82.8%. That does not match the state’s published 2025 figure. The release’s figures for other schools, including Lakeside and Cross Keys, do match the state’s 2025 rates. The state has not yet posted its school-level file for 2026; we will update this story when it does.
The previous high in the state’s files was 89.6% for the Class of 2024, when 439 of 490 students graduated in four years.
The rates for 2018 to 2025 come from the state’s yearly files for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, rounded to one decimal place. The 2026 figure is the district’s.
How Dunwoody compares in DeKalb
Districtwide, the DeKalb County School District’s four-year rate rose to 83.3%, the highest in its history, the district said. The state’s file put the district at 81.6% for 2025.
The district listed 15 high schools that set record rates in 2026. Of those, only Southwest DeKalb High finished above Dunwoody. These are the schools above 90%, plus the nearest high schools to Dunwoody, from the district’s release:
| High school | 2026 four-year rate |
|---|---|
| Southwest DeKalb High | 92.1% |
| Dunwoody High | 91.7% |
| Stephenson High | 91.7% |
| Redan High | 91.2% |
| Columbia High | 90.0% |
| Druid Hills High | 89.0% |
| Chamblee High | 88.4% |
| Lakeside High | 88.0% |
| Cross Keys High | 78.5% |
Specialty schools ran higher. DeKalb Early College Academy and DeKalb School of the Arts both reported 100%, the district said. Arabia Mountain High reported 99.2% and Tapestry Public Charter School 97.1%.
Norman C. Sauce III, then interim superintendent, said in the release that the results “bring us one step closer to our vision of achieving a districtwide graduation rate of at least 90 percent by 2030.” The school board has since named Sauce superintendent.
What it means for you
- If your child is zoned for Dunwoody High: the school now clears the district’s 2030 goal of 90%. Zone, report card and feeder schools are on our Dunwoody High School page.
- If you are comparing schools before a move: the graduation rate is one measure. The state’s CCRPI score, enrollment and course offerings are on our Dunwoody public schools guide.
- What the number counts: a four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade together and counts how many earned a regular diploma within four years. It is adjusted for students who transfer in or out.
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