Escambia County Graduation Rate Moves Upward. Here’s How Each County High School Did.

January 7, 2022

Escambia County graduation rates inched up for the last school year, but remained below the state average, according to a Florida Department of Education report.

The report showed a half percent point increase in Escambia County, while the state average was up just 0.1%.

The Class of 2021 graduation rate in Escambia County was 87%, continuing steady gains from 76.1% in 2016. The state graduation rate for 2021 was 90.1%.

Escambia Virtual, West Florida, Pine Forest, Pensacola, Northview and Tate high schools all had graduation rates above the district average.

The 2021 graduation rate for each Escambia County public school or special center was as follows:

  • Escambia Virtual — 100%
  • West Florida High — 98.6%
  • Pine Forest High — 91.2%
  • Pensacola High — 90.8%
  • Northview HIgh — 90.6%
  • Tate High School — 89.8%
  • District Average — 87%
  • Washington High — 85.4%
  • Escambia High — 82.6%
  • Escambia Westgate — 76.9%
  • Success Academy — 72.2%
  • Camelot Academy — 21.1%

“Our hard-working students and our entire district team have shown great resilience in navigating these unprecedented times,” Escambia County School District Superintendent Timothy Smith said. “The increases in district graduation rates over the last two years serve as an example and a reminder of their hard work and dedication. I am both thankful for and amazed at their efforts.”

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4 Responses to “Escambia County Graduation Rate Moves Upward. Here’s How Each County High School Did.”

  1. Bonnie Exner on January 10th, 2022 5:05 pm

    My UWF graduate professor said it best….
    FIGURES CAN LIE AND LIARS CAN FIGURE
    EDUCATION became a slippery slope when so much emphasis was put on arbitrary tests scores..then you mix in the element of state funds granted by the rankings of these test scores results, and you don’t get an accurate picture of students’ growth..this is in no way a slam on the teachers,administration, school boards, etc,..it’s the direct result of the mindset of national and state legislators who view students as an moldable product instead of a multifaceted human being.

  2. Alarmed on January 7th, 2022 5:19 pm

    Steve and Citizen: You are correct.

  3. Steve on January 7th, 2022 1:57 pm

    Hard to believe this high of a percentage is actually passing the classes and not just being pushed up and out, so that federal money keeps rolling in.

  4. Citizen on January 7th, 2022 8:45 am

    Not to disparage the hard work of administrators, teachers, support personnel, or students, because most of them certainly work very hard.
    But these graduation rates are most indicative of Escambia School District’s new mission, which is “find a way for them to pass” even if a student hasn’t even come close to a passing grade, as well as a lack of consequences for ongoing discipline problems and serious offenses.

    Of course every student should be given every opportunity to do well, pass, and graduate. But social promotion has become standard practice.

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