Washington Institute for Specialized Education

Chipley · FL · WASHINGTON · Public · K-12 combined

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CHIPLEY HIGH SCHOOL → WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF VARYING EXCEPTIONALITIES (WAVE) → GRADUATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM → HOLMES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL → COTTONDALE HIGH SCHOOL → POPLAR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL → GRACEVILLE SCHOOL → VERNON HIGH SCHOOL →

At a glance

Academic signals

4-yr grad rate: 54% in 2019 (Bottom 11% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

This school enrolls few or no students in grades 9–12 — it's primarily an elementary or middle school. High-school measures like SAT participation and AP rigor don't apply.

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4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 11% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

54%

Range: 50–59%

4-year cohort size

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

0.0%

Strong attendance culture among teachers.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

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University of Florida

24%

admit rate

$6,381

in-state tuition/yr · $28,659 out-of-state

1300–1480

SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

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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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Merit Bright Futures (FAS & FMS)

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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
CHIPLEY HIGH SCHOOL CHIPLEY	Public	1.5	563	-5.4%
WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF VARYING EXCEPTIONALITIES (WAVE) CHIPLEY	Public	1.5	14	—
GRADUATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BONIFAY	Public	8.4	29	—
HOLMES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BONIFAY	Public	9.0	464	+1.5%
COTTONDALE HIGH SCHOOL COTTONDALE	Public	10.1	224	-3.9%
POPLAR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL GRACEVILLE	Public	12.1	130	-5.8%
GRACEVILLE SCHOOL GRACEVILLE	Public	13.4	116	-11.5%
VERNON HIGH SCHOOL VERNON	Public	14.9	326	-15.5%

At a glance

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Washington Institute for Specialized Education is a public high school in Chipley, FL.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 54% in the latest EDFacts release.

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 Washington Institute for Specialized Education's graduation rate? Washington Institute for Specialized Education's federal four-year graduation rate was about 54% in the latest EDFacts release.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.