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COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL AT NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE → CONTRACTED RESIDENTIAL SERVICES → FREEPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → SOUTH WALTON HIGH SCHOOL → FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL → SEASIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL → CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL →At a glance
- 4-yr grad rate: 80% (2023-24, Florida DOE School Grades)
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How Destin High School compares for families
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- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL AT NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE, CONTRACTED RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, FREEPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Florida School Grade
Florida's official A–F school grade.
Every Florida public school earns an annual A–F grade from the state — the single signal Florida families (and the housing market) watch most. It rolls achievement, learning gains, graduation, and college/career readiness into one letter.
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A high school's grade is the percent of possible points across up to 11 components — English/math achievement and learning gains, science & social-studies achievement, the 4-year graduation rate, and College & Career Acceleration: the share of graduates who earned college credit (via AP, IB, AICE, or dual enrollment) or an industry certification. Letter cutoffs: A ≥ 62%, B ≥ 54%, C ≥ 41%, D ≥ 32%, F below.
Source: Florida Department of Education, School Grades, 2023-24. Graduation rate & College/Career Acceleration components reflect the prior cohort year, per FLDOE's grading model.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL AT NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE NICEVILLE |
Public · charter | 10.4 | 463 | +65.4% |
| CONTRACTED RESIDENTIAL SERVICES MIRAMAR |
Public | 3.9 | — | — |
| FREEPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FREEPORT |
Public | 22.2 | 677 | +27.0% |
| SOUTH WALTON HIGH SCHOOL SANTA ROSA BEACH |
Public | 15.8 | 1,127 | -4.7% |
| FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH |
Public | 11.8 | 1,550 | -9.0% |
| SEASIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL SANTA ROSA BEACH |
Public · charter | 18.9 | 303 | +57.0% |
| CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH |
Public | 11.2 | 1,720 | +4.8% |
| NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NICEVILLE |
Public | 9.1 | 2,036 | -2.8% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantDestin High School is a public high school in Destin, FL, enrolling 599 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is up 160% from 2022 to 2024.
Florida gave it a school grade of B with a graduation rate of 80%.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Destin High School's graduation rate? Florida gave it a school grade of B with a graduation rate of 80%.
How many students attend Destin High School? Destin High School is a public high school in Destin, FL, enrolling 599 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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