Gadsden
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. ...