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
When Florida waived outstanding assessment graduation requirements for the classes of 2020 and 2021, according to the Florida Department of Education's statewide assessment guidance, the statewide gra...
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.
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. ...