TAMPA, Fla. — Each year, Florida education officials score schools throughout the state to help measure their performance and understand how well they're serving students.
Schools receive a grade of A, B, C, D or F based on up to 12 components, according to the Florida Department of Education.
Those components include:
- Achievement in English, Math, Science and Social Studies
- Improvement in test scores from the prior school year
- Graduation rate
- Performance on AB, IB or AICE exams
- Dual-enrollment hours recorded
- Armed Services Qualification Tests
When you look at the entire state, 38% of schools received an A followed by 27% that received a B and 32% that received a C.
Just 3% of Florida schools received a D while 0.3% were graded an F.
Most schools that performed poorly in 2023 showed notable improvement in 2024 — 85% of schools graded D or F last year improved their grades for this year.
Here's a look at how school districts in the Tampa Bay area performed.
- Hernando County - B
- Highlands County - C
- Hillsborough County - B
- Manatee County - B
- Pasco County - B
- Pinellas County - A
- Polk County - C
- Sarasota County- A
Here's how many schools in each Tampa Bay-area district received A, B, C, D and F scores.
- Hernando: A-4 schools B-7 schools C-15 schools D-0 schools F-0 schools
- Highlands: A-1 school B-7 schools C-8 schools D-0 schools F-0 schools
- Hillsborough: A-78 schools B-52 schools C-115 schools D-16 schools F-2 schools
- Manatee: A-24 schools B-11 schools C-25 schools D-4 schools F-0 schools
- Pasco: A-25 schools B-21 schools C-38 schools D-8 schools F-0 schools
- Pinellas: A-64 schools B-41 schools C-25 schools D-0 schools F-0 schools
- Polk: A-24 schools B-38 schools C-63 schools D-8 schools F-0 schools
- Sarasota: A-33 schools B-13 schools C-6 schools D-0 schools F-0 schools
