Florida Department of Education

According to the state, 92.2% of students earned a diploma in 2024-25 – 2.5 points over the previous year and 4.9 points over 2021-22. The progress was celebrated at the district level, including the Tampa area.

The Florida Department of Education says the statewide graduation rate for the 2024-2025 school year was 92.2%.

He said it's being run to benefit "the entrenched interests, particularly the school unions, rather than the parents and the students," and that the state should consider taking it over.

An analysis of data shows teacher vacancies across the state have declined recently, but gaps remain — and limitations in the data make it difficult to compare districts or identify where shortages are most acute and how they are affecting students and classrooms.

Private school owners continue to face financial struggles after the state dramatically expanded the school voucher program in 2023 and struggled to pay them in timely fashion.

The Florida Education Association and United Faculty of Florida file an administrative challenge contending that state education officials overstepped their legal authority in moving forward with the proposal.

The audit looked at funding accountability challenges for the 2024-2025 school year.

As Mater Academy seeks to co-locate inside Oak Park School — Sarasota County’s only K-12 school for students with special needs — the move raises critical questions about how charter schools serve (or fail to serve) children with disabilities.

Mater Academy has a Schools of Hope designation from the state, meaning it can apply to share space in public schools with low enrollment.

Some families using the voucher for students with disabilities have faced financial and emotional hardship due to payment delays. Private school providers have also felt the ripples of mismanagement.

The state's Education commissioner threatens to sanction educators who make posts critical of Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist who was assassinated this week.

Florida Education commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas says the scores would be higher if the NAEP test included students in the state's school choice program.