Saturday, January 11, 2025

Florida Sets New Record With 89.7% H.S. Graduation Rate

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced today that the state's high school graduation rate has reached an all-time high of 89.7% for the 2023-2024 school year, marking an increase of 1.7 percentage points over the previous year and exceeding pre-pandemic levels. The 2023-2024 rate surpasses the 86.9% recorded during the 2018-2019 school year, establishing a new benchmark in Florida's educational achievements. This year's results do not include the pandemic-era exemptions from statewide assessment requirements, solidifying the milestone as a true indicator of academic progress. "Florida leads the nation in education because we prioritize learning over indoctrination, empower parents, and provide universal school choice," said Governor Ron DeSantis. "This record graduation rate is yet another testament to our commitment to delivering top-quality education and maintaining our #1-in-the-nation status."

Posted by gracieamazed at 10:03 AM | 12 COMMENTS | permalink

Comments

If you continually lower standards, this is what you get.

#1 | Posted by morris at 2025-01-11 10:11 AM

CA is number one! For highest high school dropout rates. Weird.

#2 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2025-01-11 10:17 AM

DeSantis forged the numbers.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-11 10:20 AM

I mean, he forged the COVID numbers when people were actually dying. Lying about graduation rates is easier.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-11 10:24 AM

#2 | Posted by gracieamazed

I've noted that when people tell you the right kinds of lies you purr like a kitten.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-11 10:25 AM

It was amusing to see pictures of democrats with their family and friends that fled to Florida to vacation during COVID because we were open. Never forget the masses that died at our super spreader events like spring break, bike week, drag shows, open beaches, etc. Tragic, just tragic. That was the icing on the cake for the Florida DR left wingnuts, they packed up and moved out of this GD red state. Oh wait, never mind, they are all still here boycotting Publix and black beans by Goya. Carry on and tooDles.

#6 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2025-01-11 10:32 AM

It was amusing to see pictures of democrats with their family and friends that fled to Florida to vacation during COVID because we were open.

#6 | Posted by gracieamazed

How many got sick; how many died?

What good do you get for crowing about stupid behavior?

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-11 11:01 AM

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#8 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-01-11 11:05 AM

Florida breaks record for Florida.
Not a ranking of Florida against other states.

Kudos to Florida bringing the state graduation up from the 2003-2004 rate of 59.2%. Every year we've seen improvement (discounting COVID years where requirements were reduced and the graduation rates were higher than today's numbers). Now we're competitive with other states in the grad rate numbers.

Amazing what happens when the government actually funds education, isn't it?

One of the previously worse counties that showed the highest improvement credits active government involvement; teacher's pay, intervention programs, targeting individual needs, appointing more staff, graduation facilitators, more time and intensive instructional support, etc. In other words, they finally are spending the money and SURPRISE! It worked!

NOTE: The public school grad rates are higher than the private and charter school grad rates in the above county. Probably not an outlier.

#9 | Posted by YAV at 2025-01-11 11:46 AM

"Since the start of Governor DeSantis' administration, Florida's high school graduation rate has surged from 70.6% to this year's record-breaking 89.7%. This growth reflects the success of policies emphasizing school choice, parent empowerment, and tailored educational solutions."

If they have increased funding, why not brag about it right there?

How much has the funding increased?

#10 | Posted by eberly at 2025-01-11 12:32 PM

#10 | POSTED BY EBERLY AT 2025-01-11 12:32 PM | FLAG: Ah, the mistaken dem belief that if you throw more oney at a problem it will get better.

Google how our students in the 70s scored against those in other countries as opposed to now days. You will find that we've fallen in standings, yet we spend more per student than the majority that are scoring better than us.

Fact is we've started failing after the founding of the Dept Of Ed under carter [fed govt got its grubbie fingers into the states' public school systems]. With the libbie dems' influence from there, along with, in recent decades, the rise of the liberal run teachers' unions, it isn o wonder that things have gone downhill, even though we spend more now than ever before in the education system.

Remember that government is not the answer, as usually [in most cases] it is the problem.

#11 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-01-11 03:19 PM

Ah, the mistaken dem belief that if you throw more oney at a problem it will get better.

Like the $17 million dollars cut from the LAFD budget?

You idiots been screeching how that would have helped firefighters put out these Los Angeles fires already.

But you're sure spending more money on public education won't help the teachers and students?

You really are a stupid son of a *itch.

Don't worry about posting anymore. Everything you write comes from a Facebook meme you've memorized.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-11 04:44 PM

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