Florida’s Graduation Rate Increases To 88%; Escambia County At 80.5%

January 23, 2024

Monday, theFlorida Department of Education announced that the state’s 2022–23 high school graduation rate climbed to 88 percent, while Escambia County’s was several points lower at 80.5%, up from 78.4% in 2021-2022.

Florida’s graduation rate was an increase of 0.7 percentage points over the previous school year and a 1.1 percentage point increase over the pre-pandemic graduation rate in 2018–19.

The 2022–23 high school graduation rate also represents the highest rate ever, with the exception of the pandemic school years 2019–20 and 2020–21, in which graduating classes were exempt from statewide, standardized assessment requirements stipulated in state law.

Escambia County graduation rates were as follows:

  • Tate High School — 91.3%
  • Northview High — 90.3%
  • Pensacola High School — 78.1%
  • Escambia High School — 84%
  • Pine Forest High School — 80.9%
  • Escambia Westgate School — 93.8%
  • Washington High — 86.9%
  • West Florida High — 98.4%

“Florida’s graduation rate continues to climb because our educators place a sole focus on academics in the classroom,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “Whether Florida students choose a four-year university or non-traditional post-secondary learning, they will have built a strong foundation to set them up for success.”

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4 Responses to “Florida’s Graduation Rate Increases To 88%; Escambia County At 80.5%”

  1. Bill on January 24th, 2024 2:48 am

    Congrats are in order. My question is this, How is a graduation rate determined? Is that number determined by a student entering 1st grade then progresses through 12th? How exactly is that number determined? Thanks to anyone with factual experience and knowledge of the calculation.

  2. stop shouting on January 23rd, 2024 3:03 pm

    @RW, please stop shouting at people with your capslock on. Every teacher that has left this county in the last fifteen YEARS will tell you that one of the reasons was the horribly low pay. Right next door in Santa Rosa county(or Baldwin County) teachers make more by several thousand bucks. They insulted many standing teachers in Escambia County last year by upping starting teachers pay by several thousand dollars, while no “significant” increase was given to the experienced teachers that will have to mentor the beginners to just get them function at a minimum level. And before you go blaming Keith Leonard for this, it was going on before he took over and the school board just looks the other way. The admin and school board continue to be the biggest threat to the teachers who have stuck it out, hoping for better. If you add to it the lack of parental involvement is a huge setback as well. Parents think that teachers are the only ones responsible for educating their kids. The kids fail in class because it’s more important to post a tictoc video than learn. Parents don’t enforce any rules on the kids, so when they get to school they are in a free-for-all and nobody will/can stop them without fear of retribution. Want to improve things? I challenge you to come to a school and attempt to teach for a few weeks. When you get done, come back and give us a full report on what you saw. Please?

  3. D. Flowers on January 23rd, 2024 2:20 pm

    Without looking too close at what a 2024 high school diploma really represents in terms of skills and knowledge, that County graduation rate at 80.5% means that 19.5% of our graduates are likely to top out at minimum wage. But trying to be an optimist, that may be better than what a bell curve might predict.

  4. RW on January 23rd, 2024 9:10 am

    WHAT ABOUT ESCAMBIA HIGH TOO LOW AND THE TEACHERS WANT A RAISE

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