Series 2009-13DMarch 2009

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Postsecondary Plans of 2007-08FloridaHigh School Graduates

Florida public high schools annually survey their graduating seniors regarding their educational plans after graduation. In this pre-graduation survey, graduates choose from nine types of institutions when indicating their postsecondary education plans. These categories include public and private community colleges in Florida; public and private universities in Florida; community colleges and universities outside Florida; the U.S. armed forces; and technical, trade, or other training in and out of the state. Please note that the figures in this report are not reflective of actual post-secondary enrollment and that not all graduates participate in the optional survey. In 2007-08, the majority of graduates with postsecondary plans (56.7%) indicated that they intended to enroll in a Florida public community college or university. The graph below illustrates the number and percentage of 2007-08 graduates with postsecondary plans by type of institution.

Figure 1: Postsecondary Education Plans by Type of Institution, 2007-08

Source: EIAS Staff and Student Database, Survey 5 data as of 03/03/09

Data for this graph are provided in the table below.

As a service to Florida school districts, each Florida Information Note (FIN) presents information on education topics of current interest. Each FIN is prepared by Education Information and Accountability Services, 852 Turlington Bldg., 325 W. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida32399-0400. For further information, call (850) 245-0400 or SunCom 205-0400 or visit our website at

Postsecondary Plans, 2007-08*

Number / FloridaComm.College / FloridaUniversity
District / Graduates / Public / Private / Total / Public / Private / Total
1 / ALACHUA / 1,771 / 860 / 1 / 861 / 294 / 18 / 312
2 / BAKER / 296 / 142 / 142 / 10 / 6 / 16
3 / BAY / 1,545 / 606 / 1 / 607 / 245 / 25 / 270
4 / BRADFORD / 215 / 64 / 1 / 65 / 23 / 7 / 30
5 / BREVARD / 5,003 / 2,356 / 19 / 2,375 / 1,199 / 194 / 1,393
6 / BROWARD / 15,747 / 5,054 / 16 / 5,070 / 4,609 / 873 / 5,482
7 / CALHOUN / 129 / 87 / 2 / 89 / 8 / 8
8 / CHARLOTTE / 1,503 / 481 / 3 / 484 / 251 / 59 / 310
9 / CITRUS / 1,030 / 364 / 2 / 366 / 181 / 46 / 227
10 / CLAY / 2,540 / 951 / 4 / 955 / 379 / 60 / 439
11 / COLLIER / 2,657 / 555 / 4 / 559 / 816 / 102 / 918
12 / COLUMBIA / 564 / 292 / 292 / 93 / 6 / 99
13 / DADE / 20,791 / 5,146 / 31 / 5,177 / 6,714 / 1,180 / 7,894
14 / DESOTO / 255 / 89 / 89 / 19 / 6 / 25
15 / DIXIE / 122 / 59 / 59 / 6 / 1 / 7
16 / DUVAL / 6,503 / 1,777 / 1,777 / 1,493 / 276 / 1,769
17 / ESCAMBIA / 2,135 / 586 / 13 / 599 / 456 / 35 / 491
18 / FLAGLER / 758 / 250 / 2 / 252 / 193 / 56 / 249
19 / FRANKLIN / 55 / 42 / 42 / 1 / 1
20 / GADSDEN / 240 / 84 / 84 / 72 / 3 / 75
21 / GILCHRIST / 163 / 110 / 1 / 111 / 2 / 3 / 5
22 / GLADES / 40 / 21 / 21 / 5 / 2 / 7
23 / GULF / 173 / 82 / 82 / 34 / 3 / 37
24 / HAMILTON / 121 / 40 / 40 / 7 / 7
25 / HARDEE / 227 / 92 / 92 / 44 / 7 / 51
26 / HENDRY / 481 / 201 / 3 / 204 / 63 / 8 / 71
27 / HERNANDO / 1,347 / 643 / 4 / 647 / 186 / 85 / 271
28 / HIGHLANDS / 704 / 405 / 2 / 407 / 68 / 43 / 111
29 / HILLSBOROUGH / 10,527 / 3,707 / 13 / 3,720 / 2,469 / 484 / 2,953
30 / HOLMES / 214 / 84 / 84 / 40 / 2 / 42
31 / INDIAN RIVER / 1,051 / 413 / 2 / 415 / 286 / 50 / 336
32 / JACKSON / 436 / 164 / 2 / 166 / 83 / 6 / 89
33 / JEFFERSON / 47 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
34 / LAFAYETTE / 73 / 25 / 1 / 26 / 21 / 2 / 23
35 / LAKE / 2,429 / 766 / 7 / 773 / 314 / 58 / 372
36 / LEE / 4,491 / 1,277 / 44 / 1,321 / 1,168 / 179 / 1,347
37 / LEON / 1,981 / 329 / 2 / 331 / 282 / 20 / 302
38 / LEVY / 337 / 130 / 1 / 131 / 25 / 1 / 26
39 / LIBERTY / 80 / 49 / 49 / 1 / 1
40 / MADISON / 164 / 90 / 3 / 93 / 10 / 5 / 15
41 / MANATEE / 2,324 / 714 / 5 / 719 / 408 / 83 / 491
42 / MARION / 2,315 / 641 / 7 / 648 / 286 / 63 / 349
43 / MARTIN / 1,211 / 266 / 266 / 240 / 36 / 276
44 / MONROE / 576 / 177 / 177 / 84 / 17 / 101
45 / NASSAU / 710 / 320 / 2 / 322 / 102 / 8 / 110
46 / OKALOOSA / 2,177 / 516 / 9 / 525 / 444 / 34 / 478
47 / OKEECHOBEE / 371 / 18 / 1 / 19 / 199 / 7 / 206
48 / ORANGE / 10,672 / 3,593 / 43 / 3,636 / 2,425 / 438 / 2,863
49 / OSCEOLA / 3,290 / 844 / 3 / 847 / 750 / 148 / 898
50 / PALMBEACH / 10,878 / 3,611 / 88 / 3,699 / 2,922 / 480 / 3,402
51 / PASCO / 3,506 / 1,356 / 25 / 1,381 / 681 / 181 / 862
52 / PINELLAS / 6,791 / 836 / 29 / 865 / 3,107 / 200 / 3,307
53 / POLK / 5,068 / 1,831 / 13 / 1,844 / 696 / 310 / 1,006
54 / PUTNAM / 614 / 265 / 2 / 267 / 80 / 17 / 97
55 / ST. JOHNS / 1,771 / 309 / 5 / 314 / 830 / 57 / 887
56 / ST. LUCIE / 2,070 / 747 / 9 / 756 / 633 / 71 / 704
57 / SANTA ROSA / 1,746 / 518 / 4 / 522 / 660 / 20 / 680
58 / SARASOTA / 2,914 / 882 / 55 / 937 / 512 / 155 / 667
59 / SEMINOLE / 4,266 / 1,703 / 6 / 1,709 / 1,351 / 155 / 1,506
60 / SUMTER / 412 / 189 / 189 / 57 / 11 / 68
61 / SUWANNEE / 305 / 161 / 1 / 162 / 29 / 6 / 35
62 / TAYLOR / 171 / 78 / 78 / 13 / 2 / 15
63 / UNION / 99 / 55 / 55 / 12 / 2 / 14
64 / VOLUSIA / 3,856 / 1,625 / 4 / 1,629 / 683 / 258 / 941
65 / WAKULLA / 258 / 130 / 1 / 131 / 36 / 6 / 42
66 / WALTON / 402 / 115 / 2 / 117 / 130 / 15 / 145
67 / WASHINGTON / 218 / 131 / 1 / 132 / 4 / 1 / 5
68 / DEAF/BLIND / 86 / 21 / 21 / 1 / 2 / 3
69 / DOZIER/OKEE / 17 / 1 / 1
72 / FAU LAB SCH / 6 / 5 / 1 / 6
73 / FSU CHTR SCH / 140 / 76 / 76 / 51 / 51
74 / FAMU LAB SCH / 34 / 3 / 1 / 4 / 27 / 27
75 / UF LAB SCH / 120 / 58 / 58 / 23 / 11 / 34
STATE TOTALS / 158,339 / 50,264 / 500 / 50,764 / 39,652 / 6,706 / 46,358

*Data submitted by the school districts as of 03/03/09.

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Postsecondary Plans, 2007-08 (continued)*

Non-Florida / U.S. / Total / Percent
College or / Armed / Tech/Trade/Other / Continuing / Continuing
District / University / Forces / Florida / Non-FL / Total / Education / Education
1 / ALACHUA / 90 / 31 / 15 / 6 / 21 / 1,315 / 74.25
2 / BAKER / 11 / 17 / 18 / 4 / 22 / 208 / 70.27
3 / BAY / 86 / 37 / 49 / 10 / 59 / 1,059 / 68.54
4 / BRADFORD / 8 / 3 / 2 / 6 / 8 / 114 / 53.02
5 / BREVARD / 329 / 157 / 90 / 41 / 131 / 4,385 / 87.65
6 / BROWARD / 973 / 274 / 491 / 46 / 537 / 12,336 / 78.34
7 / CALHOUN / 6 / 8 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 114 / 88.37
8 / CHARLOTTE / 72 / 33 / 76 / 11 / 87 / 986 / 65.60
9 / CITRUS / 47 / 52 / 45 / 2 / 47 / 739 / 71.75
10 / CLAY / 116 / 102 / 88 / 12 / 100 / 1,712 / 67.40
11 / COLLIER / 213 / 34 / 85 / 11 / 96 / 1,820 / 68.50
12 / COLUMBIA / 13 / 48 / 16 / 3 / 19 / 471 / 83.51
13 / DADE / 1,136 / 338 / 558 / 87 / 645 / 15,190 / 73.06
14 / DESOTO / 15 / 6 / 12 / 2 / 14 / 149 / 58.43
15 / DIXIE / 1 / 6 / 4 / 4 / 77 / 63.11
16 / DUVAL / 363 / 164 / 64 / 64 / 4,137 / 63.62
17 / ESCAMBIA / 232 / 76 / 49 / 12 / 61 / 1,459 / 68.34
18 / FLAGLER / 59 / 30 / 23 / 9 / 32 / 622 / 82.06
19 / FRANKLIN / 4 / 2 / 2 / 49 / 89.09
20 / GADSDEN / 7 / 11 / 26 / 3 / 29 / 206 / 85.83
21 / GILCHRIST / 4 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 6 / 129 / 79.14
22 / GLADES / 2 / 3 / 3 / 33 / 82.50
23 / GULF / 19 / 9 / 7 / 3 / 10 / 157 / 90.75
24 / HAMILTON / 8 / 3 / 4 / 4 / 62 / 51.24
25 / HARDEE / 19 / 8 / 11 / 4 / 15 / 185 / 81.50
26 / HENDRY / 14 / 5 / 66 / 4 / 70 / 364 / 75.68
27 / HERNANDO / 64 / 65 / 56 / 11 / 67 / 1,114 / 82.70
28 / HIGHLANDS / 32 / 20 / 15 / 4 / 19 / 589 / 83.66
29 / HILLSBOROUGH / 569 / 198 / 176 / 20 / 196 / 7,636 / 72.54
30 / HOLMES / 11 / 7 / 28 / 8 / 36 / 180 / 84.11
31 / INDIAN RIVER / 77 / 27 / 25 / 6 / 31 / 886 / 84.30
32 / JACKSON / 23 / 13 / 12 / 5 / 17 / 308 / 70.64
33 / JEFFERSON / 0 / 2 / 4.26
34 / LAFAYETTE / 7 / 5 / 6 / 6 / 67 / 91.78
35 / LAKE / 56 / 70 / 138 / 10 / 148 / 1,419 / 58.42
36 / LEE / 254 / 138 / 229 / 38 / 267 / 3,327 / 74.08
37 / LEON / 175 / 93 / 225 / 92 / 317 / 1,218 / 61.48
38 / LEVY / 5 / 10 / 10 / 1 / 11 / 183 / 54.30
39 / LIBERTY / 2 / 45 / 45 / 97 / 121.25
40 / MADISON / 6 / 6 / 9 / 10 / 19 / 139 / 84.76
41 / MANATEE / 96 / 38 / 132 / 13 / 145 / 1,489 / 64.07
42 / MARION / 97 / 61 / 68 / 20 / 88 / 1,243 / 53.69
43 / MARTIN / 49 / 26 / 8 / 3 / 11 / 628 / 51.86
44 / MONROE / 36 / 12 / 10 / 5 / 15 / 341 / 59.20
45 / NASSAU / 37 / 19 / 29 / 6 / 35 / 523 / 73.66
46 / OKALOOSA / 225 / 77 / 42 / 18 / 60 / 1,365 / 62.70
47 / OKEECHOBEE / 1 / 19 / 8 / 2 / 10 / 255 / 68.73
48 / ORANGE / 825 / 242 / 601 / 64 / 665 / 8,231 / 77.13
49 / OSCEOLA / 187 / 86 / 291 / 8 / 299 / 2,317 / 70.43
50 / PALMBEACH / 824 / 206 / 204 / 24 / 228 / 8,359 / 76.84
51 / PASCO / 173 / 101 / 141 / 36 / 177 / 2,694 / 76.84
52 / PINELLAS / 428 / 179 / 259 / 2 / 261 / 5,040 / 74.22
53 / POLK / 230 / 81 / 283 / 20 / 303 / 3,464 / 68.35
54 / PUTNAM / 19 / 26 / 41 / 12 / 53 / 462 / 75.24
55 / ST. JOHNS / 132 / 19 / 16 / 3 / 19 / 1,371 / 77.41
56 / ST. LUCIE / 107 / 47 / 54 / 14 / 68 / 1,682 / 81.26
57 / SANTA ROSA / 176 / 72 / 54 / 13 / 67 / 1,517 / 86.88
58 / SARASOTA / 232 / 55 / 96 / 11 / 107 / 1,998 / 68.57
59 / SEMINOLE / 375 / 115 / 99 / 16 / 115 / 3,820 / 89.55
60 / SUMTER / 20 / 21 / 33 / 6 / 39 / 337 / 81.80
61 / SUWANNEE / 18 / 21 / 23 / 1 / 24 / 260 / 85.25
62 / TAYLOR / 4 / 9 / 12 / 1 / 13 / 119 / 69.59
63 / UNION / 2 / 3 / 8 / 1 / 9 / 83 / 83.84
64 / VOLUSIA / 204 / 139 / 59 / 11 / 70 / 2,983 / 77.36
65 / WAKULLA / 14 / 7 / 18 / 3 / 21 / 215 / 83.33
66 / WALTON / 52 / 24 / 14 / 9 / 23 / 361 / 89.80
67 / WASHINGTON / 16 / 10 / 26 / 1 / 27 / 190 / 87.16
68 / DEAF/BLIND / 18 / 34 / 1 / 35 / 77 / 89.53
69 / DOZIER/OKEE / 0 / 1 / 5.88
72 / FAU LAB SCH / 0 / 6 / 100.00
73 / FSU CHTR SCH / 8 / 3 / 3 / 138 / 98.57
74 / FAMU LAB SCH / 2 / 1 / 34 / 100.00
75 / UF LAB SCH / 10 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 106 / 88.33
STATE TOTALS / 9,745 / 3,826 / 5,450 / 809 / 6,259 / 116,952 / 73.86

*Data submitted by the school districts as of 03/03/09.

As a service to Florida school districts, each Data Report presents information on education topics of current interest. Each report is prepared by Education Information and Accountability Services, 852 Turlington Bldg., 325 W. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida32399-0400. For further information, call (850) 245-0400 or visit our website at

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