State Senator Don Gaetz talks about the importance of encouraging all seniors to attend college, two and four years colleges. He measured it by how many seniors took the ACT exam. Pine Forest had a 10 percent drop from 2009 in seniors taking the ACT exam
| District Name | School Name | Number of 12th Grade Students | Number of ACT Test Takers | Percentage of ACT Test Takers | 2009 | Change |
| SANTA ROSA | CENTRAL SCHOOL | 30 | 24 | 80.0% | 64.0% | 16.00% |
| SANTA ROSA | GULF BREEZE HS | 391 | 296 | 75.7% | 67.8% | 7.90% |
| SANTA ROSA | NAVARRE HS | 453 | 354 | 78.1% | 73.6% | 4.55% |
| SANTA ROSA | JAY HS | 64 | 48 | 75.0% | 76.0% | -1.00% |
| SANTA ROSA | PACE HIGH SCHOOL | 431 | 349 | 81.0% | 82.4% | -1.43% |
| SANTA ROSA | MILTON HS | 363 | 265 | 73.0% | 74.9% | -1.90% |
| SANTA ROSA | SANTA ROSA ADULT | 153 | 17 | 11.1% | 20.8% | -9.69% |
| ESCAMBIA | NORTHVIEW HS | 108 | 74 | 68.5% | 52.8% | 15.72% |
| ESCAMBIA | PENSACOLA HS | 285 | 225 | 78.9% | 72.7% | 6.25% |
| ESCAMBIA | J M TATE HS | 398 | 315 | 79.1% | 73.8% | 5.35% |
| ESCAMBIA | W. FLA. HS TECH | 304 | 250 | 82.2% | 79.2% | 3.04% |
| ESCAMBIA | ESCAMBIA HS | 344 | 234 | 68.0% | 66.4% | 1.62% |
| ESCAMBIA | WASHINGTON HS | 370 | 275 | 74.3% | 73.1% | 1.22% |
| ESCAMBIA | JUDY ANDREWS SCH | 4 | 16 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.00% |
| ESCAMBIA | PINE FOREST HS | 304 | 190 | 62.5% | 72.7% | -10.20% |