Hardee County
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...
Hardee County's Freefall: From 91.4% to 73.6% in Four Years
Correction (2026-07-23): An earlier version of this article said Hardee's 2024 rate of 73.6 percent was below its 2017 level of 72.1 percent. It is slightly above. The article also gave Hardee's 2020 ...