Mixed Results for St. Pete High School Grades

According to high school grades released Wednesday by the Florida Department of Education, St. Petersburg high schools had mixed results. 

Two schools’ grades improved, while two fell from the previous year. St. Petersburg Collegiate High remained an ‘A’ school for the seventh straight year. 

In 2009 Gibbs High School had an ‘F’ grade, but was able to turn it into a ‘B’ in just two years for 2011. 

Lakewood High improved on its 2010 ‘C’ grade and was awarded a ‘B’ grade for 2011.

Both Northeast High and St. Petersburg High, however, had grades fall from 2010 to 2011. The two schools were ‘A’ schools in 2010 and are now ‘B’ schools.

In Pinellas County three high schools received ‘A’ grades, 12 schools received ‘B’ grades and two received ‘C’ grades. There were no ‘D’s or ‘F’s.

In 2011, 80% of high schools earned an “A” or a “B” school grade. This was an increase from 35% in 2002, 40% in 2003, 28% in 2004, 36% in 2005, 42% in 2006, 36% in 2007, 53% in 2008, 41% in 2009, and 70% in 2010.

From the Florida Department of Education:

• In 2011, 57 high schools maintained an "A" school grade, 97 high schools maintained a "B" school grade, 20 high schools maintained a "C" school grade, 8 high schools maintained a "D" school grade, and 0 (zero) high schools maintained an "F" school grade.
• There were 63 high schools that dropped from an "A" to a "B", 1 high school that dropped from an "A" to a "C", 0 (zero) high schools that dropped from an "A" to a "D”, and 0 (zero) high schools that dropped from an “A” to an “F”. There were 52 high schools that improved from a "B" to a “A", 13 high schools that dropped from a "B" to a “C", 4 high schools that dropped from a "B" to a “D“, and 0 (zero) high schools that dropped from a “B” to an “F”.
• There were 5 high schools that improved from a "C" to an “A“, 31 high schools that improved from a “C” to a “B”, 9 high schools that dropped from a “C” to a “D”, and 0 (zero) high schools that dropped from a “C” to an “F”. There were 6 high schools that improved from a “D” to an “A”, 16 high schools that improved from a “D” to a “B”, 20 high schools that improved from a “D” to a “C”, and 3 high schools that dropped from a “D” to an “F”. There was 1 high school that improved from an “F” to an “A”, 0 (zero) high schools that improved from an “F” to a “B”, 0 (zero) high schools that improved from an “F” to a “C”, and 1 high school that improved from an “F” to a “D”.