Florida
U.S.
Rank
Rank
#1
Overall PPI Score: 93.3%
When Florida first adopted serious accountability measures and said students in failing schools could go to the private schools of their choice, the pundits predicted public education would implode. Quite the opposite. The challenge was the jolt a failing system needed, and parents mobilized over the succeeding decade to embrace a wide array of diverse and innovative learning opportunities that transcend politics and give parents in every community more power than any other state to drive to ensure their kids' get the education they deserve.
Opportunity
Innovation
Policy Environment
Charter Schools
Score
92%
Grade: A
Rank: #1
More equitable funding measures and new opportunities for growth established in 2023 make the opportunity-friendly Sunshine state's charter law the strongest in the nation!
Transformational Learning
Score
92%
Grade: A
Rank: #1
Florida’s students can earn a CTE diploma through work-based learning, have access to Innovation Schools and Zones, which provide flexibility in schooling models, and programs that focus on technology and personalized, competency, and/or mastery-based...
Leadership
Governor DeSantis’s leadership has resulted in major expansions of programs that accelerate and expand parent power in The Sunshine State. While he’s taken heat for other efforts, most parents are thrilled by the millions of new opportunities his efforts have...
Choice Programs (Scholarships, Vouchers, Tax Credits, etc.)
Score
95%
Grade: A
Rank: #1
Florida leads the nation with expansive equitably funded education freedom programs, making it possible for more and better education opportunities like those afforded by 2022 Yass Prize finalist SailFuture to be available to marginalized students. Not only...
DID YOU KNOW?
States whose opportunity programs ensure more equitable per-pupil funding and do not restrict eligibility to certain groups of students score higher on PPI!. There are only 3 states - Florida, Arizona, and Indiana - where this applies.
Transparency
Florida does an exemplary job at providing information that is accessible to education stakeholders. School and district report cards are easy to access from Florida’s Department of Education homepage under the “Explore → School Accountability” tab. School...
Teacher Quality
One of many data points to assess whether a state has the right policies in place to ensure teacher quality is the "use of student achievement data in teacher preparation accountability." How empty or full the fuel tank above is will give you the answer for your state.
Fast Facts:
4th Grade Math Proficiency: 41%
8th Grade Math Proficiency: 23%
4th Grade Reading Proficiency: 39%
8th Grade Reading Proficiency: 29%
Average SAT Score: 966 / 1600
Average ACT Score: 18.9 / 36
Graduation Rate: 88%
Constitutional Issues
Florida's Blaine Amendment has been interpreted as prohibitive of using public funds for private schools and has been used twice to strike down an Opportunity Scholarship Program.