The Tennessee Department of Education on Monday announced the 2024-25 statewide graduation rate is 92.3 percent, breaking the previous record achieved in the 2023-24 school year at 92.1 percent.
1,892 more students graduated in the 2025 cohort compared to last year, for a total of 69,124 students graduating across the state.
Greene County Schools , along with Benton, Clay County and Fentress County Schools, Milan and Richard City Special School Districts, Smith County Schools, and Tennessee School for the Deaf are the top nine districts that had a graduation rate over 99 percent.
Eighty-two districts graduated 95 percent or more of their students on time.
Sixty-nine districts improved their graduation rates from 2024 to 2025, with eight districts improving by five percentage points or more.
The Students with Disabilities student group demonstrated a three-percentage point increase in their graduation rate from 81 percent in 2023-24 to 84 percent in 2024-25.
Sixty-eight schools finished the year with over a 99 percent graduation rate.
Twenty-nine districts finished the year with over a 99 percent graduation rate for at least one of the following student groups: English Learners, Black, Hispanic, Native American, Economically Disadvantaged, and Students with Disabilities.
