Osceola reports graduation rate rise to 91.1%; district flags subgroup gaps
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Superintendent Dr. Shanoff told the School District of Osceola County board that the district's graduation rate rose from 84.8% (2023) to 91.1% (2025), highlighted four schools with 100% graduation rates and noted a small decline among students in exceptional student education.
Superintendent Dr. Shanoff told the School District of Osceola County board on Feb. 10 that the district’s graduation rate rose to 91.1% for the 2024–25 reporting year, up from 84.8% two years earlier.
Dr. Shanoff said the district’s upward trend reflects targeted tracking and interventions using a Power BI dashboard and credited local initiatives, including Osceola Prosper, for improving college enrollment and persistence. “We crossed the 90% threshold,” he said, noting the district now has four schools that achieved a 100% graduation rate.
The presentation included a breakdown by subgroup. Dr. Shanoff reported that exceptional student education (ESE) graduation rates declined “by about 0.6%” in 2025 and said the district is tracking that group ‘‘very closely’’ to correct the trend. He also said English language learners are outperforming state averages while free-and-reduced-lunch, White and Black student rates were slightly below the state. “We want to be number one,” he said, describing the district’s expectation that students will graduate.
Dr. Shanoff described steps used to improve outcomes: earlier tracking (starting soon after freshman year), credit-recovery partnerships with charter schools such as Vineland Lakes and Main Street High School, expanded use of concordance testing (Classical Learning Test) and real-time dashboards for principals. He said the district pays attention to withdrawal codes so staff can find where students go if they leave the district.
Board members asked no substantive questions during the presentation, and Dr. Shanoff thanked school leaders including Dr. Chandra Evans and Tia Brown for the work on graduation-progress reporting. The superintendent framed the gains as the product of disciplined data systems and targeted interventions and said continued focus will be on closing subgroup gaps.
The presentation concluded with an affirmation that the district will continue monitoring subgroup performance and expanding supports to keep the graduation rate improving.