Florida’s 2023-2024 graduation rate of 89.7% breaks state record
Press release from the Office of Governor Ron DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida’s high school graduation rate rose to 89.7% during the 2023-2024 school year, an increase of 1.7 percentage points over last year, exceeding the pre-pandemic rate of 86.9% for the 2018-2019 school year. The 2023–2024 high school graduation rate represents the highest rate in Florida history, with the exception of the pandemic school years 2019–20 and 2020–21, in which graduating classes were exempt from statewide, standardized assessment requirements stipulated in state law.
“Florida leads the nation in education because we put education over indoctrination, empower parents, and have made school choice universal,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “This record graduation rate is a prime metric of our success, in addition to our #1-in-the-nation rating.”
“Florida’s graduation rate continues to climb,” said Florida Department of Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. “Florida is number one for education because of our commitment to providing a quality education that fits the needs of each student, and our climbing graduation rate is proof positive that our approach is working. Under the leadership of Governor DeSantis, Florida will continue to lead the nation in educational success.”
Highlights from Florida’s 2023-2024 high school graduation rate include:
- The 2023-24 graduation rate rose to 89.7%, an increase of 1.7 percentage points over last year and 2.4 percentage points from 2021-22.
- African American students’ graduation rate rose 2.1 percentage points over last year and 3.3 percentage points since 2021-22.
- Hispanic students’ graduation rate increased by 2.2 percentage points from last year and 3.1 percentage points over 2021-22.
- The graduation rate for students with disabilities rose 1.3 percentage points over last year and 3.3 percentage points from 2021-22.
- Economically disadvantaged students’ graduation rate rose 2.4 percentage points over last year and 3.1 percentage points from 2021-22.
- English Language learners’ graduation rate improved 4.6 percentage points over last year and 7.7 percentage points since 2021-22.
Under Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida’s graduation rate has increased significantly, moving from 70.6% to the record high rate of 89.7% in 2023-2024.
For more information abut Florida’s 2023-24 graduation rate, visit https://www.fldoe.org/accountability/data-sys/edu-info-accountability-services/pk-12-public-school-data-pubs-reports/students.stml
#1 in the nation ?????? Well, SBAC let’s pay teachers more, PLEASE!!!!!!! Perhaps, then it won’t take 2 incomes to pay GRU & property taxes compared to the county I retired from.
Having a public school teacher as a wife, I know that these graduation rates are not close to reality. These kids can barely function as adults in the basics (three r’s), and definitely couldn’t pass independent testing at grade level. The administrators area under great pressure to inflate these numbers (artificially), especially in racial categories, in order to maintain appearances and budget.
Thanks for your insider testamony on this. Additionally I was wondering what the point of “statewide, standardized assessment requirements stipulated in state law” may be if the state law requirements can slide downhill from one year to the next. My father’s rural Minnesota high school diploma from 1926 meant much more, practically speaking, than a college BA or BS these days.