On Monday, the Florida Department of Education announced that the state’s 2022–23 high school graduation rate climbed to 88%, 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.
- Governor Ron DeSantis said, “Florida’s graduation rate continues to climb because our educators place a sole focus on academics in the classroom.”
Escambia County’s graduation increased to 80.5%, up 2.1 percentage points over 2021-22. However, it is down 4.3 points from the pre-pandemic graduation rate in 2018–19.
- Escambia was one of two counties with over 2,200 graduates with a drop in graduation rate of over 4 points: Marion County had 2,707 grads, 5.86 points down.
Dig Deeper:
The biggest drops were in Black students and students of two or more races:
| 2022-23 | 2018-19 | Difference | |
| White | 86.5 | 89.0 | -2.5 |
| Black | 70.8 | 78.3 | -7.5 |
| Hispanic | 82.4 | 82.1 | 0.3 |
| Asian | 93.8 | 96.4 | -2.6 |
| Am.Indian | 73.3 | 71.4 | 1.9 |
| Two or More | 79 | 85.4 | -6.4 |
Pensacola High had the lowest rate for 2022-23:
| Grads | Cohort | Rate | |
| WEST FLORIDA HIGH | 245 | 249 | 98.4 |
| J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 420 | 460 | 91.3 |
| NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL | 112 | 124 | 90.3 |
| WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH | 337 | 388 | 86.9 |
| ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL | 272 | 324 | 84 |
| PINE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL | 309 | 382 | 80.9 |
| PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL | 221 | 283 | 78.1 |
PHS has dropped the most points since 2018-19, while Tate and Washington improved:
| 2022-23 | 2018-19 | Diff | |
| WEST FLORIDA HIGH | 98.4 | 99.4 | -1 |
| J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 91.3 | 87.2 | 4.1 |
| NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL | 90.3 | 83.3 | 7 |
| WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH | 86.9 | 84.7 | 2.2 |
| ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL | 84 | 84 | 0 |
| PINE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL | 80.9 | 84.8 | -3.9 |
| PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL | 78.1 | 91.2 | -13.1 |
