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Did Pinellas County students succeed or flounder in their 2022-23 school year Geometry FAST tests?

Webp commissioner of education manny diaz jr 2023

FL Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. 2023 | Commissioner of Education

FL Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. 2023 | Commissioner of Education

Of the 6,913 Pinellas County students who took part in the 2022-23 school year FAST, 36.6% met the testing standard while 9.7% exceeded expectations, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Pinellas County's proficiency level in the 2022-23 school year was 46.3%, 2.6% lower than the state's average of 48.9%.

During the 2022-23 school year, Lafayette County students fared the best on the Geometry portion of the FSA, with 73.9% of them succeeding. Meanwhile Gadsden County students did worst on Geometry, with 15.3% of the students passing the test.

There were 93,639 students enrolled in Pinellas County schools in the 2022-23 school year.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked 9th out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2,8 million students enrolled in a total of 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

While Florida public school students saw gains in math on the 2022-2023 FAST, their performance in ELA was slightly lower than in the previous school year. Math scores remained around 55% success rate, while ELA scores hovered around 50%.

In 2022, Florida replaced the paper-based FSA with the computer-based Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST). Administered three times a year between kindergarten and 10th grade, the FAST is supposed to provide a faster and more individualized feedback on students’ performance than its predecessor.

Pinellas County's students proficiency in Geometry in 2022-23 School Year
2022-230%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%CountyState

Pinellas County's Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in Geometry
School YearStudents who met standards (%)Students who exceeded standards (%)Total Enrolment
2022-2336.6%9.7%93,639

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Sunset Hills Elementary School• Safety Harbor Elementary School• Blanton Elementary School• Pinellas Central Elementary School• Kings Highway Elementary Magnet School• Meadowlawn Middle School• Skycrest Elementary School• Lake St. George Elementary School• East Lake High School• McMullen-Booth Elementary School• Alfred Adler Elementary School• Pinellas Virtual Instruction Program• Joseph L. Carwise Middle School• Oakhurst Elementary School• Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School• Melrose Elementary School• Osceola Middle School• Belcher Elementary School• Bardmoor Elementary School• Eisenhower Elementary School• Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School• Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School• Safety Harbor Middle School• Tyrone Middle School• Dunedin Elementary School• Lakewood Elementary School• Plumb Elementary School• Lynch Elementary School• Largo Middle School• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School• Fairmount Park Elementary School• Oldsmar Elementary School• Nina Harris Ese Center• Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy• Pinellas Secondary School• Maximo Elementary School• Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School• Pinellas Park Elementary School• Woodlawn Elementary School• Lakewood High School• Orange Grove Elementary School• Northeast High School• Seminole Elementary School• James B. Sanderlin PK-8• Pinellas Teleschool• North Shore Elementary School• Fuguitt Elementary School• Seminole High School• Countryside High School• Pinellas Academy of Math and Science• Skyview Elementary School• Anona Elementary School• Bauder Elementary School• Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School• Lealman Innovation Academy• Clearwater High School• Pinellas Park Middle School• Bay Point Elementary School• Oak Grove Middle School• Cypress Woods Elementary School• San Jose Elementary School• John Hopkins Middle School• John M. Sexton Elementary School• Plato Seminole• Academie Da Vinci Charter School• Plato Academy Clearwater• Fitzgerald Middle School• Dixie M. Hollins High School• High Point Elementary School• Chi Chi Rodriquez Academy• Paul B. Stephens Ese Center• Azalea Middle School• Lealman Avenue Elementary School• Florida Department of Education• Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8• Discovery Academy of Science Charter School• Ozona Elementary School• Bay Point Middle School• Sawgrass Lake Elementary School• St. Petersburg High School• Walsingham Elementary School• Belleair Elementary School• Sutherland Elementary School• Disston Academy• Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School• Clearwater Fundamental Middle School• Perkins Elementary School• Clearwater Intermediate• Cross Bayou Elementary School• Tarpon Springs High School• Palm Harbor Middle School• Gibbs High School• Mildred Helms Elementary School• Dunedin High School• Mycroschool Pinellas• Garrison-Jones Elementary School• Azalea Elementary School• Largo High School• Leila Davis Elementary School• Ridgecrest Elementary School• Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School• Ponce De Leon Elementary School• Enterprise Charter High School• Frontier Elementary School• Northwest Elementary School• Ese Countywide• Plato Academy of St. petersburg• Hospital/Homebound• Curtis Fundamental Elementary School• Pinellas Virtual Franchise• Curlew Creek Elementary School• Midtown Academy• Pinellas Park High School• Osceola Fundamental High School• New Heights Elementary School• Seminole Middle School• Westgate Elementary School• Pinellas Juvenile Det Center• Plato Academy Palm Harbor Charter School• Gulfport Montessouri Elementary School• Calvin A. Hunsinger School• Plato Academy Largo Charter School• Dunedin Highland Middle School• Athenian Academy• Boca Ciega High School• St. Petersburg Collegiate High School• Pinellas County Jail• Pinellas Technical High School at Seminole• Starkey Elementary School• Tarpon Springs Elementary School• Plato Academy Charter School Tarpon Springs• Campbell Park Elementary School• Forest Lakes Elementary School• Mount Vernon Elementary School• Richard L. Sanders School• Southern Oak Elementary School• Shore Acres Elementary School• Pinellas Preparatory Academy• Bayside High School• Dropout Prevention School• Palm Harbor University High School• Bear Creek Elementary School• Highland Lakes Elementary School• Tarpon Springs Middle School• Brooker Creek Elementary School• Sandy Lane Elementary School• Thurgood Marshall Fundamental

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