Duval County
Nearly Half of Florida's Districts Now Graduate 90% — Up From Less Than 10% Eight Years Ago
In 2016, just six of Florida's 68 county districts had graduation rates at or above 90 percent. By 2024, that number had nearly quintupled to 29, meaning 42.6 percent of districts now meet a threshold...
Only 1 of 73 Florida Districts Has Recovered to Pre-COVID Attendance Levels
Of the 73 Florida school districts with chronic absenteeism data spanning both sides of the pandemic, exactly one has returned to where it was before COVID shut everything down.
Duval County Hits All-Time High: 45% of Jacksonville Students Chronically Absent
Correction (April 12, 2026): An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Duval's 63,802 chronically absent students would constitute the fourth-largest school district in Florida and na...
Florida Lost One in Eight Kindergartners
Correction (2026-03-11): The total of the 10 largest district kindergarten declines has been corrected from 18,086 to 17,088.
St. Johns: Florida's Last Growing Giant
St. Johns County added 151 students in 2025-26. That number would barely fill a single school bus. But in a state where every other top-20 district lost enrollment in 2026, it was enough to make St. J...