Florida High School Graduation Rates, 2012-13
Florida’s High School Cohort Graduation Rates and
Single-year Dropout Rates, 2012-13
Series 2014-06D November 2013
Florida’s Graduation Rate
Florida’s high school graduation rate increased by 1.1 percentage points over the last year and has increased significantly during the past ten years. The rate rose from 59.2 percent in 2003-04 to 75.6 percent in 2012-13. Figure 1 below shows the trend in graduation rates from 2003-04 through 2012-13.
Federal regulations require each state to calculate a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate, which includes standard diplomas but excludes GEDs, both regular and adult, and special diplomas. The US Department of Education (USED) adopted this calculation method in an effort to develop uniform, accurate and comparable graduation rates across all states. The USED required states to begin calculating the new graduation rate in 2010-11. This graduation rate is currently used in Florida’s school accountability system in the high school grades calculation.
Figure 1: Florida’s Graduation Rates, 2003-04 through 2012-13
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Florida’s graduation rate is a cohort graduation rate. A cohort is defined as a group of students on the same schedule to graduate. The graduation rate measures the percentage of students who graduate within four years of their first enrollment in ninth grade. Subsequent to their enrollment in ninth grade, students who transfer out and deceased students are removed from the calculation. Entering transfer students are included in the graduation rate for the class with which they are scheduled to graduate, based on their date of enrollment. District-level graduation rates are provided in tables 5 and 6. School-level graduation rates are available online at and .
In the calculation, stringent guidelines are prescribed for not only the definition of a graduate, but also for the definition of a transfer. Students who transfer to adult education programs or Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) facilities remain with their regular high schools’ cohorts.
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How Does Florida’s Graduation Rate Compare with Other States’ Rates?
The USED requires all states to report a uniform cohort graduation rate, but publication of national data tends to lag by two to three years. Therefore, the most current national data available is for the 2010-11 school year. Graduation rates by state are accessible through the ED Data Express at .
Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Gender
Florida’s graduation rates vary by race/ethnicity, but all groups have increased their graduation rates over the last few years. The graduation rates for Hispanic/Latino and American Indian or Alaska Native students have increased the most (11.5 percentage points) since 2008-09. The graduation rate for Black or African American students has also increased by 10.9 percent over the same period.
Table 1: Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity, 2008-09 through 2012-13
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|W06 |
|W07 |
|W10 |Any student in a |2,585 |1,740 |927 |560 |418 |
| |GED Exit Option | | | | | |
| |Model who passed | | | | | |
| |the GED Tests and| | | | | |
| |the graduation | | | | | |
| |test and was | | | | | |
| |awarded a | | | | | |
| |standard diploma | | | | | |
|02 |Baker |68.9% |64.5% |65.0% |72.8% |72.1% |
|03 |Bay |64.2% |69.2% |68.1% |73.7% |73.0% |
|04 |Bradford |59.0% |51.8% |61.1% |64.2% |67.5% |
|05 |Brevard |78.5% |80.6% |81.4% |85.2% |87.4% |
|06 |Broward |68.4% |72.4% |71.6% |76.4% |75.3% |
|07 |Calhoun |71.3% |76.1% |74.1% |77.3% |80.6% |
|08 |Charlotte |70.7% |73.4% |73.0% |79.2% |75.5% |
|09 |Citrus |65.9% |68.9% |74.5% |78.0% |80.1% |
|10 |Clay** |67.0% |70.0% |74.4% |74.2% |77.9% |
|11 |Collier |68.1% |70.6% |72.5% |78.4% |81.3% |
|12 |Columbia |56.6% |59.9% |63.2% |64.8% |65.7% |
|13 |Miami-Dade |62.0% |68.3% |71.3% |76.0% |77.2% |
|14 |DeSoto |57.8% |53.2% |63.1% |67.9% |61.6% |
|15 |Dixie |61.9% |56.0% |52.5% |77.1% |82.4% |
|16 |Duval |55.8% |58.3% |63.3% |67.7% |72.1% |
|17 |Escambia |56.2% |55.5% |57.7% |62.1% |64.2% |
|18 |Flagler |65.1% |69.7% |70.1% |74.8% |76.9% |
|19 |Franklin |62.4% |57.8% |59.0% |59.0% |58.8% |
|20 |Gadsden |48.2% |43.0% |55.1% |61.4% |58.3% |
|21 |Gilchrist |77.3% |77.7% |79.9% |85.9% |89.7% |
|22 |Glades |56.4% |56.0% |47.7% |64.8% |61.8% |
|23 |Gulf |75.4% |81.9% |77.6% |84.7% |85.7% |
|24 |Hamilton |47.7% |52.6% |65.0% |55.0% |55.5% |
|25 |Hardee |57.6% |60.4% |65.7% |63.6% |65.2% |
|26 |Hendry |60.6% |69.2% |65.6% |73.5% |67.8% |
|27 |Hernando |65.4% |68.8% |71.5% |74.2% |74.1% |
|28 |Highlands |59.7% |58.8% |60.2% |62.1% |61.8% |
|29 |Hillsborough |66.1% |66.7% |69.3% |72.6% |74.1% |
|30 |Holmes |79.3% |78.2% |75.1% |72.8% |78.1% |
|31 |Indian River |67.6% |67.2% |71.7% |80.9% |80.1% |
|32 |Jackson |63.4% |68.1% |64.7% |69.2% |72.1% |
|33 |Jefferson |39.2% |43.5% |38.6% |42.6% |35.1% |
|34 |Lafayette |64.1% |81.3% |63.8% |65.8% |87.5% |
|35 |Lake |66.1% |70.9% |75.4% |78.2% |78.3% |
|36 |Lee |65.7% |69.8% |68.9% |71.9% |74.4% |
|37 |Leon |64.4% |64.1% |68.4% |71.3% |77.0% |
|38 |Levy |55.0% |61.1% |61.0% |72.2% |77.8% |
|39 |Liberty |61.8% |58.2% |53.5% |64.2% |68.9% |
|40 |Madison |70.3% |56.3% |57.1% |66.3% |64.0% |
|41 |Manatee |64.4% |67.9% |64.7% |76.2% |76.8% |
|42 |Marion |58.3% |62.8% |69.8% |75.2% |76.7% |
|43 |Martin |71.2% |75.5% |82.4% |84.9% |87.7% |
|44 |Monroe |63.9% |71.2% |66.4% |68.6% |71.3% |
|45 |Nassau |66.4% |76.4% |79.9% |89.0% |90.9% |
|46 |Okaloosa |85.2% |86.2% |84.5% |83.3% |82.7% |
|47 |Okeechobee |56.9% |58.5% |61.9% |58.9% |63.0% |
|48 |Orange |67.4% |71.8% |71.4% |73.9% |75.9% |
|49 |Osceola |71.9% |75.8% |76.1% |77.5% |78.1% |
|50 |Palm Beach |70.1% |74.8% |74.3% |77.0% |76.3% |
|51 |Pasco |62.2% |67.2% |71.0% |76.6% |75.9% |
|52 |Pinellas |62.5% |64.8% |65.2% |72.0% |71.9% |
|53 |Polk |61.3% |62.9% |66.4% |67.6% |69.4% |
|54 |Putnam |56.4% |57.7% |63.2% |58.9% |58.2% |
|55 |St. Johns |83.0% |83.9% |85.8% |86.0% |86.7% |
|56 |St. Lucie |62.0% |63.7% |65.4% |70.6% |67.7% |
|57 |Santa Rosa |72.8% |74.7% |77.8% |77.2% |78.9% |
|58 |Sarasota |66.3% |71.4% |70.7% |78.0% |76.2% |
|59 |Seminole |75.4% |77.8% |78.8% |80.3% |83.8% |
|60 |Sumter |69.8% |73.6% |75.3% |77.7% |78.5% |
|61 |Suwannee |52.7% |53.7% |54.4% |59.5% |59.5% |
|62 |Taylor |59.0% |57.8% |61.1% |63.5% |62.4% |
|63 |Union |63.8% |64.3% |73.7% |70.4% |79.0% |
|64 |Volusia |58.7% |63.9% |62.0% |66.8% |68.0% |
|65 |Wakulla |62.3% |65.9% |74.7% |70.4% |78.9% |
|66 |Walton |72.1% |74.2% |74.2% |74.5% |77.6% |
|67 |Washington |71.4% |75.1% |68.7% |71.1% |71.0% |
|68 |Deaf/Blind |54.1% |54.3% |64.3% |36.9% |44.0% |
|69 |Wash. Special |0.0% |0.0% |3.2% |0.0% |# |
|71 |FL Virtual | | | |# |# |
|72 |FAU Lab Sch |100.0% |100.0% |100.0% |100.0% |100.0% |
|73 |FSU Chtr Sch |97.1% |97.2% |98.5% |98.5% |97.6% |
|74 |FAMU Lab Sch |93.5% |94.6% |95.1% |81.8% |92.9% |
|75 |UF Lab Sch |93.2% |95.7% |95.6% |94.8% |95.0% |
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|W05 - Any student age 16 or older who leaves school voluntarily with no intention of returning |
|W13 - Any PK-12 student withdrawn from school due to court action |
|W15 - Any PK-12 student who is withdrawn from school due to nonattendance |
|W18 - Any PK-12 student who withdraws from school due to medical reasons |
|W21 - Any PK-12 student who is withdrawn from school due to being expelled |
|W22 - Any PK-12 student whose whereabouts is unknown |
|W23 – Any PK-12 student who withdraws from school for any reason other than W01 - W22 or W24 – W27 |
Table 9: 9th-12th Grade Single-Year Dropouts by Gender within Race/Ethnicity, 2008-09 through 2012-13
| |White |Black or |Hispanic/Latin|Asian | | |
| | |African |o | | | |
| | |American | | | | |
|02 |Baker |2.0% |3.8% |2.5% |1.9% |1.1% |
|03 |Bay |0.8% |1.4% |1.1% |1.2% |1.3% |
|04 |Bradford |3.1% |5.1% |4.0% |3.3% |2.7% |
|05 |Brevard |0.6% |0.5% |0.7% |0.6% |0.7% |
|06 |Broward |2.1% |1.6% |1.3% |2.0% |2.1% |
|07 |Calhoun |0.6% |2.2% |3.3% |2.1% |1.5% |
|08 |Charlotte |2.8% |3.1% |2.4% |2.9% |2.9% |
|09 |Citrus |1.4% |1.2% |1.2% |1.4% |1.7% |
|10 |Clay |1.2% |1.3% |1.0% |1.2% |1.0% |
|11 |Collier |2.2% |2.0% |1.9% |2.2% |2.0% |
|12 |Columbia |0.7% |0.6% |0.6% |0.5% |0.3% |
|13 |Miami-Dade |3.9% |4.0% |3.5% |2.7% |2.6% |
|14 |DeSoto |4.6% |5.2% |2.2% |4.7% |1.9% |
|15 |Dixie |5.1% |4.2% |1.6% |0.9% |0.9% |
|16 |Duval |4.8% |2.2% |2.3% |2.9% |4.1% |
|17 |Escambia |2.1% |1.6% |2.5% |1.4% |1.2% |
|18 |Flagler |2.2% |1.8% |1.7% |1.8% |1.3% |
|19 |Franklin |5.4% |0.3% |0.8% |4.1% |4.3% |
|20 |Gadsden |4.2% |1.6% |2.7% |3.7% |2.9% |
|21 |Gilchrist |0.2% |0.2% |0.2% |1.1% |0.7% |
|22 |Glades |3.8% |1.4% |2.4% |2.2% |3.4% |
|23 |Gulf |1.4% |0.3% |0.2% |0.5% |0.5% |
|24 |Hamilton |3.6% |4.4% |2.7% |3.1% |4.2% |
|25 |Hardee |4.9% |3.3% |2.5% |4.4% |5.2% |
|26 |Hendry |3.1% |3.5% |3.0% |2.6% |3.6% |
|27 |Hernando |2.7% |2.6% |3.1% |2.7% |2.4% |
|28 |Highlands |4.2% |3.2% |7.2% |3.7% |4.1% |
|29 |Hillsborough |1.0% |0.7% |0.8% |0.9% |1.0% |
|30 |Holmes |1.7% |2.2% |2.8% |2.4% |3.0% |
|31 |Indian River |1.5% |1.7% |0.3% |0.4% |0.6% |
|32 |Jackson |2.0% |1.8% |1.2% |1.5% |1.4% |
|33 |Jefferson |1.8% |7.8% |3.2% |6.0% |0.4% |
|34 |Lafayette |0.7% |0.3% |1.6% |1.2% |0.3% |
|35 |Lake |2.9% |3.0% |2.3% |2.0% |2.1% |
|36 |Lee |1.3% |1.3% |1.9% |1.3% |1.1% |
|37 |Leon |3.0% |0.8% |2.7% |0.9% |0.7% |
|38 |Levy |4.2% |5.5% |2.3% |1.1% |1.4% |
|39 |Liberty |1.3% |1.8% |0.5% |0.7% |0.6% |
|40 |Madison |2.4% |3.1% |1.2% |0.4% |0.2% |
|41 |Manatee |3.6% |4.3% |3.1% |1.8% |1.6% |
|42 |Marion |2.6% |0.5% |0.9% |2.0% |1.7% |
|43 |Martin |0.7% |0.6% |0.6% |0.6% |0.5% |
|44 |Monroe |0.6% |1.1% |2.0% |1.7% |1.4% |
|45 |Nassau |2.1% |1.3% |0.4% |0.2% |0.3% |
|46 |Okaloosa |1.0% |0.4% |0.2% |1.5% |1.2% |
|47 |Okeechobee |3.9% |4.6% |5.3% |4.5% |5.4% |
|48 |Orange |1.1% |0.7% |1.2% |1.8% |1.3% |
|49 |Osceola |1.0% |1.4% |1.6% |1.1% |0.8% |
|50 |Palm Beach |2.6% |2.8% |2.6% |2.5% |3.3% |
|51 |Pasco |1.2% |1.1% |1.0% |1.0% |0.9% |
|52 |Pinellas |2.1% |2.4% |1.8% |1.3% |2.6% |
|53 |Polk |4.0% |4.1% |4.2% |5.3% |5.9% |
|54 |Putnam |3.3% |3.9% |2.7% |4.0% |5.0% |
|55 |St. Johns |1.1% |0.9% |0.8% |0.8% |1.1% |
|56 |St. Lucie |1.4% |2.3% |2.2% |2.1% |1.9% |
|57 |Santa Rosa |1.8% |0.9% |1.0% |1.7% |1.1% |
|58 |Sarasota |1.8% |2.0% |1.9% |2.2% |1.5% |
|59 |Seminole |0.4% |0.4% |0.4% |0.4% |0.3% |
|60 |Sumter |3.3% |2.0% |2.2% |2.3% |2.7% |
|61 |Suwannee |3.4% |2.7% |1.3% |1.3% |0.6% |
|62 |Taylor |2.8% |3.5% |4.3% |3.4% |3.0% |
|63 |Union |1.0% |1.5% |2.0% |0.7% |1.3% |
|64 |Volusia |1.3% |1.1% |1.2% |0.9% |0.9% |
|65 |Wakulla |2.9% |3.4% |1.9% |1.8% |0.9% |
|66 |Walton |2.6% |1.3% |2.2% |3.6% |2.2% |
|67 |Washington |1.2% |1.6% |2.5% |2.8% |2.7% |
|68 |Deaf/Blind |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |0.3% |0.0% |
|69 |Wash. Special |1.4% |0.0% |0.3% |0.0% |0.0% |
|71 |FL VIRTUAL | | | |3.9% |2.8% |
|72 |FAU |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |
|73 |FSU |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |
|74 |FAMU |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |
|75 |UF |0.2% |0.0% |0.0% |0.0% |0.8% |
|FLORIDA |2.3% |2.0% |1.9% |1.9% |2.0% | |*Source: 2012-13 Florida Department of Education (FDOE) Automatic Student Database as of 11/1/13.
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Florida Department of Education
Pam Stewart, Commissioner
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