Schools · Branford

Branford, FL schools

Branford’s public schools score well below Florida’s averages: 44% of students are proficient in reading against 52% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.3%. Kids attend one of 4 elementary schools through grade 5, then Branford High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

CSchool Grade

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Branford’s School Grade: C

The public schools Branford’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 66% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

CTest scoresB-Graduation

Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 34%

Lower resultsHigher results

Florida towns with similar household incomes (186)Better than 37%

High confidence. Built on 3,158 tested students and a graduating class of 369; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Florida only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Florida with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Branford kids go to school

Grades PK–5

4 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Suwannee County School District

Grades 6–12

BBranford High School 799 students · Branford Suwannee County School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Suwannee County)44%

State average 52%

Math (grades PK–12, Suwannee County)45%

State average 47.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

91% graduate on time

Graduation rate

91%

FL: 90.3%

Graduating class

369

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Branford

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Suwannee County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 13 schools · 6,004 students

$11,896 per studentFL $13,006C

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Branford

There’s no college in Branford, but 1 college is within 30 miles. The closest is Florida Gateway College in Lake City, 25.9 miles away.

Florida Gateway CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Lake City25.9 mi1,514 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Branford. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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