Education leaders in Florida are touting the state's highest high school graduation rate in history.
In the 2022-23 school year, 88% of Florida high schoolers graduated, both Miami-Dade and Broward school districts saw higher rates of graduating students.
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Miami-Dade saw its highest graduation rate ever, reaching 90.3% last school year.
The district also saw graduation rates go up for Hispanic and African American students, as well as students with special needs.
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"Our African American students, this is really remarkable and really a point of encouragement, they increased by four percentage points now reaching an 86.4% graduation rate," said Miami-Dade Superintendent Jose Dotres.
According to a news release by MDCPS Chair Mari Tere Rojas, Hispanic students also increased by four percentage points rising from 82.4% to 86.4%, students with disabilities increased by about 2 points rising from 86.6% to 88.1%, and English language learners increased by five percentage points rising from 75.1% to 80.1%.
Broward also saw its high school graduation rate reach 88.7%, up from 87.2% the year before.
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Broward Superintendent Peter Licata said the school district isn't done yet.
"At 88.7%. if I do the math right, we're still over 10% of students that are not graduating," Licata said. "So if 11 out of 100 kids aren't. And if you're a parent of one of those 11 kids, you're struggling. We want these kids to graduate and we won't be satisfied until we get to 100%."
High school graduation is the pinnacle of the education experience. This year, more students made it across the stage in Florida than ever before.
Palm Beach County came in with a 90.5%. It was 90.3% in Martin County, slightly higher at 91.5% in St. Lucie County, 71.7% in Okeechobee County, and the highest graduation rate in our area was Indian River County at 95.6%.
