Gadsden
The Gender Gap Is Shrinking — But Boys Are Still 3.7 Points Behind Girls
Florida's male graduation rate moved closer to the female rate in each of the eight year-to-year comparisons from 2016 to 2024. In 2016, boys graduated at 77.0 percent compared to 84.5 percent for gir...
The COVID Illusion: How Waived Requirements Inflated Graduation Rates in Florida's Most Struggling Districts
> Correction: An earlier version of this article said Hardee County's most recent graduation rate had fallen below its pre-improvement level of several years earlier, and that Hardee was the only dist...
None of 73 Florida Districts Has Recovered to Pre-COVID Attendance Levels
> Correction (September 30, 2026): An earlier version of this article, headlined "Only 1 of 73 Florida Districts Has Recovered to Pre-COVID Attendance Levels," reported that Hendry County's chronic ab...
Gadsden County's Chronic Absenteeism Nearly Quadrupled in Six Years
In 2017-18, about one in six Gadsden County students was chronically absent. In 2023-24, it is more than one in two.
Gadsden County Has Lost More Than a Quarter of Its Students
In 2024, Gadsden County schools gained 122 students. It was the first enrollment increase in nine years, a blip of growth in a district that had been losing children since Barack Obama's second term. ...