Prime Highlights

• Okaloosa County School District earns an “A” rating in the 2023-2024 Florida Department of Education school performance report.
• One of just three school districts across the state with a string of “A” ratings since 2014 when grading began.

Key Fact

• OCSD received 772 of 1200 possible points (64%), learning gains growing from 51.75% to 57.25% since last year.
  • Most middle schools also displayed higher grades, reflecting district-wide academic success.

Key Background

Okaloosa County School District (OCSD) proved once again its high performance in academics as it received an “A” in 2023–2024 from the Florida Department of Education. With 64% potential total points of the new state grading system, OCSD is among the best school districts in Florida. The accomplishment has rendered it one among only three school districts in the state that have been receiving an “A” annually since the school grading system started in 2014.

For the grades during this cycle of testing, the district rate was 772 on 1200, a benchmark of considerable academic attainment at all levels. In addition, the learning gains category—a gauge of student improvement over a year to a year—increased from 51.75% to 57.25%, consistent not just but increasing in English, math, science, and social studies core subjects.

Some of the seminaries in the quarter significantly bettered. Bruner and Meigs Middle Schools upgraded from a” C” to a” B” grade, and Lewis School and Shoal River Middle School upgraded from a” B” to an” A.” These are the direct result of the quarter’s unvarying asseveration on targeted academic intervention and academy- point leadership.

Superintendent Marcus Chambers openly announced the performance of the district and attributed it to determination on the part of students, employees, administrators, and teachers. He congratulated that there is no one struggling school and all schools are headed in directions the district had decided on long-term greatness.
Even as the district was consistently working at exceptionally high levels, Chambers and his team ensured to maintain their purpose pointy to continuous improvement and forward-thinking education.

The new grade requirements decreed by the Florida Department of Education demanded great rigor, but Okaloosa County never faltered and remained one of excellence and student results-focused focus.