Graduation Rates
High school graduates are more likely to be employed and
earn higher salaries than high school dropouts. They are also
less likely to become single parents and less likely to rely
upon public assistance or be in prison than students who do not
graduate high school. For the 2006-2007
school year, Pinellas County’s graduation rate was 67.3%, a
slight increase over the prior year, but below that of the prior
three years.
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Pinellas’ graduation rate was below the state
average (72.4%) and lower than other similarly sized counties,
except Duval (64.3%).
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The graduation rate for white non-Hispanic
students was 74.2%, substantially higher than the graduation
rate of black non-Hispanic students (44.7%) and Hispanic
students (57%).
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