Florida’s high school graduation rate hit an all-time high of 86.1 percent, state leaders announced Wednesday.
The 2017-18 graduation rate is an increase compared to the year before when it was 82.3 percent, according to the Florida Department of Education.
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Here’s how the Tampa Bay area school districts fared:
Citrus: 84.1 percent
Hardee: 80.2 percent
Hernando: 87.6 percent
Highlands: 77.2 percent
Hillsborough: 85.8 percent
Manatee: 85.4 percent
Pasco: 86.7 percent
Pinellas: 86 percent
Polk: 80.4 percent
Sarasota: 89.1 percent
The state found 180,416 Florida students graduated high school during the 2017-2018 school year. Some 21,723 students did not graduate. It includes:
- Special diplomas: 30 (0.01 percent)
- GED-based diplomas: 584 (0.3 percent)
- Certificates of completion: 3,820 (1.8%percent)
- Still enrolled: 11,107 (5.3 percent)
- Adult education: 5,940 (2.8 percent)
- Withdrawn to contracted private school: 242 (0.1 percent)
Some 7,426 students dropped out in the 2017-2018 school year, which is about 3.5 percent of Florida high school students.
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