DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Duval County Public Schools is celebrating a milestone year as the class of 2025 posted the highest graduation rates in district history.<\/p>\n
Among traditional high schools, the graduation rate jumped to 97.6%, up more than two percentage points from last year.<\/p>\n
The district\u2019s comprehensive graduation rate, which includes charter schools, rose to 94.3% from 90.9% in 2024.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n For the first time, every student subgroup across all DCPS high schools surpassed a 90% graduation rate, marking a historic achievement for Team Duval.<\/p>\n Graduation rate by subgroup (class of 2025):<\/p>\n District Average: 94.3%White: 94.7%Hispanic: 94.1%African American: 93.6%Asian: 98.2%Students with Disabilities: 91.7%English Language Learners: 93.2%Free and Reduced Lunch: 91.5%<\/p>\n \u201cThese results reflect intentional, dedicated work from all of Team Duval,\u201d Superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier said. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the daily, patient, behind-the-scenes efforts of our teachers, counselors, administrators, students, and families that lead to big results. This is how Duval Delivers,\u201d Dr. Bernier said. <\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Six schools \u2014 Baldwin, Paxon School for Advanced Studies, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts, Stanton College Preparatory, and Samuel W. Wolfson High School \u2014achieved 100% graduation rates.<\/p>\n Westside High School and Englewood High School recorded the largest year-over-year increases.<\/p>\n District leaders said the growth continues to outpace statewide trends, underscoring sustained academic progress across Duval County.<\/p>\n For more information about graduation rates for Duval County Public Schools and districts across Florida, visit the Florida Department of Education\u2019s graduation data webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Duval County Public Schools is celebrating a milestone year as the class of 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,58937,1040,58938,1039,1038,58940,28,348,58939,116,351,118,117,349,350,346,345],"class_list":["post-117055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-cbs47","tag-class-of-2025","tag-dcps","tag-duval-class-of-2025","tag-duval-county","tag-duval-county-public-schools","tag-duval-graduation-rates","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-graduation-rates","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-northeast-florida","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}