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Heritage High School

Catoosa County
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES
Catoosa County Schools: 90.8%
Georgia 2024 Graduation Rate: 85.4%

Ringgold (RHS)
1,020 students
Graduation Rate 2024: 95.9%

Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (LFO)
988 students
Graduation Rate 2024: 90.4%
Heritage (HHS)
Schools in Graduation Rate 2024: 87.5%
1,263 students

CATOOSA COUNTY

support. “We are proud to serve a community
that believes in its public schools. Our to students seeking academic challenge
and college readiness.
Degree seekers, adult learners and scholars are at home here graduation rate reflects the dedication of our • The Catoosa Online Academy offers
in Catoosa County. educators and the resilience of our students,” a flexible, technology-based learning
said Nix. environment for students who prefer an
CATOOSA COUNTY SCHOOLS With 18 public schools – including two primary alternative to the traditional classroom.
Catoosa County Public Schools (CCPS) schools, eight elementary schools, three INNOVATION THAT WORKS Upon completion, students graduate with
celebrated a milestone achievement in 2024: a middle schools, three high schools, the From From traditional classrooms to hands-on technical diplomas from Ringgold High School (RHS),
record-high four-year graduation rate of 90.8%, Here to Career College and Career Academy, training, Catoosa County Public Schools offers a Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School (LFO),
surpassing the state average of 85.4%. (2025 and the Catoosa Online Academy – the wide variety of learning opportunities: or Heritage High School (HHS).
data will be released in October 2025.) This Charter System status gives CCPS greater • Career, Technology, and Agriculture
marks the highest graduation rate in district flexibility to implement innovative programs • The From Here to Career Academy prepares
history and reflects the district’s unwavering that boost academic performance and Education (CTAE) is offered in every school, students for in-demand regional careers.
with nearly 30 programs system-wide – from
commitment to preparing students for college, graduation outcomes. Pathways include criminal justice, health
careers, and life after high school. Army JROTC to welding. Seven of these science, logistics, teaching, information
Superintendent Chance Nix credits this programs hold industry certifications. technology, and engineering. Many
Catoosa County is a K-12 Georgia Charter success to strategic investments in career • Advanced Placement (AP) courses programs offer dual enrollment with
System, a designation it has held since 2016. pathways, academic rigor, and student provide rigorous college-level instruction Georgia Northwestern Technical College and

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