JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that Florida’s high school graduation rate rose to 89.7% during the 2023-2024 school year, an increase of 1.7 percentage points over last year, exceeding the pre-pandemic rate of 86.9% for the 2018-2019 school year.
In Duval County during a ‘School Choice’ event, parents and faculty members say that Florida education is invested in their students.
Timothy Feagins, principal at Douglas Anderson High School, who has been a part of the Duval County Public Schools for over 20 years, told First Coast News this new record shows that the Florida education system is headed in the right direction…