Palm Beach
Palm Beach: Florida's Largest District Beating the Chronic Absenteeism Average
In a state where the typical school district has roughly a third of its students chronically absent, Palm Beach County has managed to hold its rate to 23.4%. That number is not good — it means nearly ...
Nearly Half of Florida's Districts Now Graduate 90% — Up From Less Than 10% Eight Years Ago
Correction (2026-07-23): An earlier version of this article said no district had graduated below 70 percent of its students in any year from 2020 through 2024. In 2023, Jefferson County graduated 66.7...
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...
Florida's Unfinished Recovery: 46 Districts Still Below Pre-Pandemic Enrollment
Correction (2026-03-11): An earlier version of this article stated that 2026 enrollment was 1,344 students below the 2021 COVID trough. It is actually 1,344 students above the trough. The loss figure ...
32 Florida Districts Hit Rock Bottom in 2026
Six districts set enrollment records in 2025-26. Thirty-two set the other kind.
Nearly 9 in 10 Florida Districts Lost Students in 2026
In a typical year before the pandemic, roughly one in three Florida school districts lost students. In 2021, COVID pushed that figure above 90%. That breadth was supposed to be a crisis-year anomaly.