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Graduate rates improve

The Florida Department of Education has released 2020-21 high school graduation rates. Escambia County improved, while Santa Rosa County stayed the same. Since the 2016-17 school year, Escambia County has improved 7.5 percentage points.

High Graduation Rates
2021 2020 Change Since 2017
State 90.1% 90.0% 0.1% 7.8%
Escambia 87.0% 86.5% 0.5% 7.5%
Santa Rosa 90.3% 90.3% 0.0% 3.9%

The Escambia Virtual had the highest graduation rate with all 53 students, followed by West Florida High with 135 out of 139 seniors (98.6%).  Success Academy had the lowest rate with 19 of 26 seniors (70.6%), followed by Escambia High with 140 of 170 seniors (82.5%).

High School 2020-21
ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL 82.5%
ESCAMBIA VIRTUAL 100.0%
J. M. TATE SENIOR HIGH 89.7%
NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL 88.8%
PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL 91.8%
PINE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL 91.7%
SUCCESS ACADEMY 70.6%
WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH 85.7%
WEST FLORIDA HIGH 98.6%
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