Florida School Grades 2026: How Tampa Bay School Districts Performed
State data show 76% of public schools earned A or B grades, while the number of D and F schools fell to 31, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas announced school performance grades for the 2025-2026 academic year, reporting that 76% of public schools earned an A or B grade, up from 71% last year.
- State data indicates 60% of all graded schools improved their performance tier or maintained an A grade, while the number of schools receiving D or F grades dropped significantly to 31 in 2026 from 70 in 2025.
- South Florida districts saw strong results, with Broward County Public Schools earning an A for the third consecutive year. In Miami-Dade, 63% of schools received A grades versus 54% in Palm Beach County.
- Flagler County schools were rated an A district for the first time in seven years, with Buddy Taylor Middle School receiving its first A in 15 years under principal Katie Hansen.
- Systemic changes and policies implemented under Gov. Ron DeSantis drove these gains, according to Kamoutsas, who argued that market competition and high expectations have elevated academic outcomes statewide.
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Tate High School has reached a historic milestone, earning its first-ever “A” school grade from the Florida Department of Education. This achievement marks not only the first “A” in the school’s history, but also the first time a traditional high school in Escambia County Public Schools has earned the state’s highest accountability rating, reflecting years [...]
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Sneads High School is in Jackson County, in the Panhandle. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)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, Holm…
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Our local school districts are celebrating today. The state’s report cards are in, and both Broward County Public Schools and Miami-Dade County Public Schools retained their “A” grades. As we heard from the superintendents, Jose Dotres at MDCPS and Howard Hepburn at BCPS, retaining the “A” rating is not easy. Doing it requires dedicated teachers and a data-driven approach to personalize instruction for every student. “Threepeat, that’s all I …
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