Duval County high school graduation rates are rising. See which schools graduate the most
Duval County school administrators are cheering data showing graduation rates rising faster than the state overall and a trctonic continuing upturn that totaled almost 24 percentage points since the latest graduates entered first grade.
“These results are proof that we are making strides in preparing our students,” Superintendent Dana Kriznar told teachers and other district employees in an email detailing 2023 graduation figures the state Department of Education released last week.
Two schools —– Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts and Stanton College Preparatory — had 100% graduation last year, she noted.
The school district’s 2023 rate of 87.2% is actually less than a pandemic-era peak of 90.2% graduation in 2020, but that level had been skewed by the state waiving normal testing requirements that regularly weed out some otherwise-qualified students.
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The school district touted the 2023 results as “a record-high graduation rate” because it was the highest the district had reached without the waivers.
The state graduation rate was 88% — also a record, Kriznar said, and higher than Duval County — but the Duval rate rose 1.6 percentage points since 2022, compared to 0.7 points for the state as a whole.
Duval County’s graduation rate was 63.3% in 2011, the year most of the Class of 2023 were first-graders, so the latest increases returned the school district to a routine of incremental progress that the superintendent said included record graduation levels for students who were African-American (85.5%), from low socioeconomic backgrounds (83.9%) or required exceptional education (88%).
Despite its progress, the Duval graduation rate remained below those of Clay (90.9%), Nassau (91.0%) and St. Johns (94.0%) counties, while higher than Baler County (76.4%).
Who's graduating the most?
From highest to lowest, these were 2023 graduation rates and number of graduates for Duval County high schools in the state’s report:
School | Rate | Graduates |
Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts | 100% | 76 |
Stanton College Preparatory | 100% | 324 |
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | 99.6% | 230 |
Paxon School for Advanced Studies | 99.3% | 302 |
Duval Charter High School at Baymeadows | 98.8% | 80 |
Samuel W. Wolfson High School | 98.8% | 169 |
Global Outreach Charter Academy High School | 98.2% | 54 |
Mandarin High School | 96.9% | 563 |
Andrew Jackson High School | 96.5% | 221 |
Duncan U. Fletcher High School | 95.8% | 407 |
Jean Ribault High School | 95.7% | 267 |
San Jose Prep (Charter) | 95.7% | 45 |
Baldwin Middle-Senior High School | 95.4% | 146 |
Atlantic Coast High School | 95.3% | 533 |
River City Science Academy (Charter) | 94.4% | 102 |
William M. Raines High School | 94.4% | 270 |
Palm Avenue Exceptional Student Center | 94.4% | 17 |
Sandalwood High School | 92.4% | 535 |
Frank H. Peterson Academies | 91% | 191 |
Ed White High School | 90.9% | 280 |
First Coast High School | 87.2% | 429 |
A Philip Randolph Academies | 84.8% | 56 |
Riverside High School | 84.5% | 317 |
Terry Parker High School | 84.5% | 240 |
Westside High School | 82.4% | 290 |
Englewood High School | 80% | 333 |
Florida Cyber Charter Academy | 77.8% | 84 |
San Jose Cyber (Charter) | 73.9% | 17 |
Bridge to Success Academy at W. Jacksonville | 71.9% | 23 |
Duval Mycroschool (Charter) | 65.5% | 93 |
Duval Virtual Instruction Academy | 60.8% | 172 |
Lone Star High School (Charter) | 49.4% | 42 |
Biscayne High School (Charter) | 48.6% | 53 |
Horizon Institute | 34% | 55 |
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Duval's high school graduation rate is up. Which schools are doing best?
