Report card: Highest performing school districts in Florida

By: Jay Waagmeester

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: July 1, 2026

Words: 462

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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Florida’s public school grades are out, and more than half of them are A rated.

Thirty-four districts received an A. Twenty-three were graded a B. Ten districts were a C. No districts had a D or F.

DeSoto County scored the lowest, earning 53% of total possible points. The next lowest were Gadsden (55%), Okeechobee (56%) and Hamilton, Hardee, Holmes, Madison, and Putnam (57%).

Top performers were St. Johns (76%), Walton, Nassau, and Lafayette (74%), …

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