Pensacola High lost 30.7% of its 2015-16 freshman class when it calculated its 2018-19 graduation cohort. The district reported 91.2% graduation rate for PHS for the year.
However, it lost 55 white students (34.0%) and 63 black students (30.1%) from when they enrolled in the school in the fall of 2015 to graduation in May 2019, according the data from the Florida Department of Education.
| PHS | 2015-16 | Cohort | Loss | |
| White | 162 | 107 | -55 | -34.0% |
| Black | 209 | 146 | -63 | -30.1% |
| Hispanic | 30 | 22 | -8 | -26.7% |
| Asian | 31 | 23 | -8 | -25.8% |
| Two or more | 21 | 16 | -5 | -23.8% |
| Total | 453 | 314 | -139 | -30.7% |
Escambia High showed similar losses in freshman class of 2015-16.
| ESCAMBIA | 2015-16 | Cohort | Loss | |
| White | 231 | 157 | -74 | -32.0% |
| Black | 210 | 142 | -68 | -32.4% |
| Hispanic | 36 | 32 | -4 | -11.1% |
| Asian | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Two or more | 51 | 36 | -15 | -29.4% |
| 538 | 377 | -161 | -29.9% |
