Federal High School Graduation Rate - Next Steps for Schools and FY16-FY20 Data Tables

Oct 15, 2026

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Federal High School Graduation Rate analysis summarizes FY16–FY20 graduation performance for Florida and the Palm Beach district, including comparisons across district-operated, charter, and alternative settings. It highlights year-over-year and five-year changes overall and by student subgroup, emphasizing gains for ELL, SWD, and FRL students as well as progress in gaps between Black/White and Hispanic/White students. Tables provide structured rates for districts and cohorts, with guidance for schools on monitoring ninth-grade trajectories and meeting FLDOE assessment requirements.

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Federal Graduation Rate Overview

District and State Trends (FY16–FY20)

Student Subgroup Results (FY16–FY20)

District Operated vs Charter (FY16–FY20)

Next Steps for Schools

1 Detailed information about the Federal High School Graduation Rate is provided in Appendix A. 2 Includes students who also attended Alternative and DJJ school sites. 3 Both District operated school and Charter school students are required to meet the Florida Standard Diploma requirements. • Among District operated schools, Village Academy had the largest single year increase (18.7 percentage points), followed by Lake Worth High (12.3 percentage points), Palm Beach Gardens High (6.3 percentage points) and Palm Beach Lakes High (4.7 percentage points) . From FY16 to FY20, the District: • Increased the District graduation rate by 7.9%(from 82.3% to 90.2%), which includes both District operated and Charter school students, • Increased graduation rate for all student subgroups with the largest increase among ELL students (23.5 percentage points), followed by Students with Disabilities (SWD) students (16.2 percentage points), and Free or Reduced Lunch (FRL) students (11.5 percentage points), • Increased the graduation rates for Black students by 14.9 percentage points, for Hispanic students by 8.1 percentage points, and for White students by 3.6 percentage points, • Reduced achievement gaps between Black and White students and between Hispanic and White students by 11.3 and 4.5 percentage points, respectively, and • Increased the District graduation rate by 6.1 percentage points for District operated schools and by 17.7 percentage points for Charter schools. Table 1 reports the graduation rates for the five years (FY16 – FY20) for Florida, the District, and the other large urban school districts. Table 2 shows the graduation rates for the five years (FY16 – FY20) for Black, Hispanic, White, ELL, FRL, and SWD students. Table 3 reports the graduation rates for the five years (FY16 – FY20) for District operated and Charter schools. Tables 4-6 report graduation rates for District operated high schools, Charter high schools, and Alternative high schools, respectively, for five years (FY16 – FY20) . If you have questions about graduation rates, please contact Mark Howard, Chief of Performance Accountability, at 561-434-8851. For information regarding District initiatives to increase graduation rates, please contact Dr. Glenda Sheffield, Chief Academic Officer, at 561-434-8616. For questions regarding specific schools, contact the appropriate Regional/Instructional Superintendent. Next Steps for Schools: Using the Executive Summary and the Graduation Rate Analysis Tool (anticipated availability by January 15, 2021), reflect on the following questions: 1. How does our overall rate compare to the prior year? The last five years? What trends do you see? 2. Are there differences between groups of students by race/ethnicity or gender? 3. Which of the “W”(withdrawal) codes had the greatest increase or decrease? 4. What percentage of students compared to the prior year are Non-graduates, Dropouts? Why? 5. Did the percentage of Graduates who met the assessment requirement with a concordant score increase or decrease? Which students? Why? How can we better support them? 6. Did the percentage of Non-graduates who did not meet the credit or GPA requirement increase or decrease? Why? Which students? How can we better support them? 7. What are we doing to monitor students beginning in the ninth grade and tracking them to graduation? 8. The FY22 graduation cohort will be the first to apply the higher concordant scores established by FLDOE. Schools must monitor closely students to ensure they meet the new higher requirement. DEF/KO/GS/MH/PH:wl Attachments c: Academic and Operating Chiefs Regional/Instructional Superintendents Academic Directors Principals Table 1. FY16-FY20 Federal Graduation Rate for Florida and Large Urban Districts | | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | 1-Year
Change | 5-Year
Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Florida | 80.7% | 82.3% | 86.1% | 86.9

FAQs

What do the document’s graduation rate tables cover across FY16–FY20?

They report federal graduation rates for Florida and large urban districts, student subgroups, and district-operated versus charter/alternative contexts over FY16–FY20.

Which student subgroups showed the largest graduation gains?

The document notes the largest increases among ELL students (23.5 percentage points) and then Students with Disabilities (SWD) students (16.2 percentage points), followed by Free or Reduced Lunch (FRL) students (11.5 percentage points).

What actions are recommended for schools after reviewing the data?

Schools are instructed to compare current results to prior years, analyze subgroup differences, investigate withdrawal codes, assess non-graduate drivers, monitor ninth-grade students through graduation, and ensure readiness for higher FLDOE concordant score requirements for the FY22 cohort.

Oct 15, 2026

Uploaded by Angel