This measure tracks the percentage of third graders attending public schools in Fulton County who scored at or above the level set for students on the track to college and career readiness, measured as the percentage of students in 6tg to 8th grade achieving a Lexile measure equal to or greater than 650 on the Georgia Milestones English Language Arts (ELA) end-of-grade (EOG) assessment. Students scoring at this level have demonstrated proficiency in the knowledge and skills as specified in Georgia’s content standards and are considered prepared for the next grade level or course and are on track for college and career readiness.

The employment rate is the percentage of the labor force that is employed. It is a lagging indicator; that is, following a recession, the employment rate tends not to grow to any significant extent until the remainder of the economy has recovered. This is because of the high risk and expense of creating jobs. The working age ranges from 15 to 64 years old.

This measure tracks the average time it takes for a person to receive a diagnostic evaluation by a qualified medical professional after arriving at a hospital emergency department. The data come from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and are based on a sampling of emergency department patients from U.S. hospitals. The Fulton County hospital included are Emory Midtown, Grady Memorial, Northside, Piedmont, Saint Joseph's, Atlanta Medical Center and North Fulton Hospital. The average wait times for Fulton County and its national benchmark counties presented here are actually averages of the median wait times of hospitals in each county.

The high school graduation rate, also known as the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate, is the number of students who graduate in four years with a regular high school diploma taken as the percentage of the number of students who form the adjusted cohort for the graduating class. For any given cohort, students who are entering grade 9 for the first time form a cohort that is subsequently adjusted by adding any students who transfer into the cohort later during the next three years and subtracting any students who transfer out, emigrates to another country, or dies during that same period.

This measure tracks the percentage of felony indictments made within ninety days of arrest in cases where the defendant is refused bail.

This measure tracks the estimated percentage of residents who are satisfied with Fulton County cultural faciities based on responses from the annual resident survey conducted by Kennesaw State University. Residents are asked: "How would you rate the quality of the art centers you visit?". Respondents who answered "Excellent", "Very good" or "Good" were counted as satisfied.

The employment rate among young adults is the annual percentage of residents of Fulton County between the age of 20 and 34 in the labor force who are currently employed. The rate is an estimate based on the U.S. Census Bureau's latest available American Community Survey data on employment status.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, a graduate qualifies as Post High School Ready if he or she meets at least one of the following: 1) enters a technical college or university in the state of Georgia without needing remediation or learning support courses, 2) scores program ready on the Compass, 3) scores at least 22 out of 36 on the composite ACT, 4) scores at least 1500 out of 2400 on the combined SAT, 5) scores 3 or higher on two or more AP exams, 5) scores 4 or higher on two or more IB exams.