According to the press release from the Florida Department of Education, of Florida’s 2,547 graded elementary, middle and non-high-school combination public schools earning “A” through “F” grades this year:
* 1,481 earned an “A” (58 percent), an increase of 82 schools compared to last year.
* 458 earned a “B” (18 percent), a decrease of 33 schools compared to last year.
* 460 earned a “C” (18 percent), a decrease of 35 schools compared to last year.
* 117 earned a “D” (5 percent), an increase of 16 schools compared to last year.
* 31 earned an “F” (1 percent), a decrease of 13 schools compared to last year.
Escambia County had 15 schools improve to an “A,” which means 18.3 percent of the total increase in A schools in the 67 school districts came out of Escambia County. An amazing statistic…..