The Crisis by the Numbers
- Number of Pinellas County public school students who attended the ninth grade in 2003.
- Number of Pinellas County public school students who received standard diplomas in 2007.
- Number of African American males who fail to graduate from Pinellas County Schools in 2005.
- Number of Florida counties with a higher free/reduced lunch rate than Pinellas, yet 41 of those counties had a higher graduation rate in 2007.
– Of the nation’s 50 largest school districts, the number that have better graduation rates than Pinellas.
- Percent of students performing below grade level in reading in 2006-07.
- Pinellas County high schools receiving a “D” grade in 2008.
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Boca Ciega High School
Clearwater High School
Dixie Hollins High School
Dunedin High School
Gibbs High School
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Lakewood High School
Osceola High School
Pinellas Park High School
St. Petersburg High School
Seminole High School |
Sources: Florida Department of Education, Pinellas County Schools, EPE Research Center, and The PACT.
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