- March 27, 2024
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The Florida Department of Education released July 8 school grades for the 2015-16 school year.
The grades reflect preliminary grades for the 2016 school year, which are preliminary because there is a 30-day appeal period.
The grades were released in comparison to the 2014-15 school year’s grades. But Orange County Public Schools cautions against making a direct comparison.
“Superintendents Barbara Jenkins of Orange County and Walt Griffin of Seminole County encourage parents, students, and the community to view the 2015-2016 school grade calculations as our baseline year,” the district said in a news release before the grades were announced. “These school grades will reflect learning gains made by students which could not be captured from the 2014-15 FSA as there were no previous, similar tests to use for comparison. It was noted in the release of the first year of FSA-determined school grades that the grades were only partial, so any comparison to this year's grades would be inappropriate.”
Comparison from last year to this year shows that many West Orange schools dropped a letter grade, which was not an unexpected result.
“It is important for our community, especially our parents and students, to know that learning gains are now more difficult to attain,” Jenkins said in the release. “If we see a decrease in school grades, it will likely be because of the new and complicated learning gains structure.”
OCPS said it will continue to advocate for accountability where “schools are not simply labeled with a single letter grade.”
Contact Jennifer Nesslar at [email protected].
Each school's grades are listed with the 2015-16 school year grade first and last year's grade following.
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
B, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
C, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
D, Preliminary Grade 2016
B, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
C, Preliminary Grade 2016
B, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
D, Preliminary Grade 2016
C, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
B, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
C, Preliminary Grade 2016
C, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
C, Preliminary Grade 2016
D, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
C, Preliminary Grade 2016
B, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
D, Preliminary Grade 2016
C, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
C, Preliminary Grade 2016
C, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
C, Preliminary Grade 2016
B, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
C, Preliminary Grade 2016
B, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
C, Preliminary Grade 2016
C, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
D, Preliminary Grade 2016
C, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
C, Preliminary Grade 2016
C, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
B, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
C, Preliminary Grade 2016
B, Informational Baseline Grade 2015
A, Preliminary Grade 2016
A, Informational Baseline Grade 2015