Note: Santa Rosa (tied for fifth) and Okaloosa (tied for sixth) are in the top 10 counties.Escambia tied for 36th out of 67 counties.
Escambia County scores dropped by 3 points from 2019, which is a less than Santa Rosa County that saw a 6 point drop. From 2015-2021, Escambia scores improved 5 points, Santa Rosa declined 2 points.
| ESCAMBIA | SANTA ROSA | |
| 2015 | 48% | 67% |
| 2016 | 51% | 70% |
| 2017 | 59% | 74% |
| 2018 | 52% | 66% |
| 2019 | 56% | 71% |
| 2021 | 53% | 65% |
By The News Service of Florida staff
The Florida Department of Education on Tuesday released a report showing that 54 percent of third-grade students this year scored “satisfactory†or above on the state English-language arts exam. Here are percentages of students in each county that scored “satisfactory†or above:
— St. Johns: 78 percent
— Baker: 68 percent
— Nassau: 68 percent
— Sumter: 68 percent
— Sarasota: 66 percent
— Santa Rosa: 65 percent
— Seminole: 65 percent
— Clay: 63 percent
— Lafayette: 63 percent
— Okaloosa: 63 percent
— Union: 63 percent
— Calhoun: 62 percent
— Charlotte: 62 percent
— Jackson: 62 percent
— Walton: 61 percent
— Brevard: 60 percent
— Collier: 60 percent
— Columbia: 60 percent
— Indian River: 60 percent
— Wakulla: 60 percent
— Washington: 60 percent
— Flagler: 59 percent
— Monroe: 58 percent
— Miami-Dade: 57 percent
— Hernando: 57 percent
— Dixie: 56 percent
— Liberty: 56 percent
— Pasco: 56 percent
— Gilchrist: 55 percent
— Orange: 55 percent
— Citrus: 54 percent
— Leon: 54 percent
— Palm Beach: 54 percent
— Pinellas: 54 percent
— Volusia: 54 percent
— Alachua: 53 percent
— Broward: 53 percent
— Escambia: 53 percent
— Suwannee: 53 percent
— Bay: 52 percent
— Lake: 52 percent
— Martin: 52 percent
— Bradford: 51 percent
— Hardee: 51 percent
— Hillsborough: 51 percent
— Levy: 51 percent
— Okeechobee: 51 percent
— Gulf: 50 percent
— Lee: 50 percent
— Manatee: 49 percent
— Duval: 48 percent
— Osceola: 47 percent
— Polk: 47 percent
— St. Lucie: 47 percent
— Highlands: 46 percent
— Holmes: 46 percent
— Madison: 44 percent
— Marion: 44 percent
— Putnam: 39 percent
— Taylor: 39 percent
— Glades: 38 percent
— Hendry: 37 percent
— Franklin: 34 percent
— Hamilton: 34 percent
— DeSoto:32 percent
— Gadsden: 31 percent
— Jefferson: 28 percent
Source: Florida Department of Education