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Escambia County’s Class of 2019 lost 20 percent its freshman-year class.

   January 10, 2020

The Escambia County School District lost 680 students from its 2015-16 freshman class when it came time to calculate the Class of 2019 graduation cohort –a 20.2% decline. This happened despite the county adding an estimated 6,007 people over the same period of time. The district lost 20% of its white and black students and 30% of its students that are two or more races from 2015-16 freshman class.

In contrast, Santa Rosa County picked up 74 students.

How much of the loss made it possible for the Escambia County School District to report a higher graduation rate?

Our colleges and universities are measured on retention. Florida public high schools are not.

Ninth  Graduate
Grade Cohort
ESCAMBIA 2015-16 2018-19 Difference
White 1664 1323 -341 -20.5%
Black 1189 951 -238 -20.0%
Hispanic 174 151 -23 -13.2%
Asian 94 83 -11 -11.7%
Pacific islander 10 11 1 10.0%
Am. Indian 29 21 -8 -27.6%
Two or more 200 140 -60 -30.0%
3360 2680 -680 -20.2%
Ninth  Graduate
Grade Cohort
SANTA ROSA 2015-16 2018-19 Difference
White 1718 1748 30 1.7%
Black 110 127 17 15.5%
Hispanic 123 133 10 8.1%
Asian 38 37 -1 -2.6%
Pacific islander 0 0 0 0.0%
Am. Indian 15 17 2 13.3%
Two or more 130 146 16 12.3%
2134 2208 74 3.5%

Escambia County’s Class of 2019 lost 20 percent its freshman-year class.

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