The Florida education system consists of public and private schools in Florida, including State University System of Florida(SUSF), the Florida College System (FCS), the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF) and other private institutions, and also secondary and primary school.
There are ten public universities and liberal arts college that comprise the State University system of Florida. In addition the Florida College System comprise 28 public community colleges and state colleges. In 2008 the State University System had 302,513 students. Florida also has many private universities, some of which comprise the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida.
Primary and Secondary Schools
In the state of Florida, public primary and secondary schools are administered by the Florida Department of Education.
Florida's public-school revenue per student and spending per $1000of personal income usually rank in the bottom 25 percent of U.S. states. Average teacher salaries rank near the middle of U.S. states.
Florida public schools have consistently ranked in the bottom 25 percent of many national surveys and average test-score ranking betore allowances for race are made. When allowance for race is considered, a 2007 US Government list of test scores shows Florida white fourth graders performed 13th in the nation for reading (232). 12th for math(250); while black fourth grader were 11th for math (225), 12th for reading (208). White eight grades scored 30th for math (289) and 36th for reading(268)
Neither score was considered statistically significant from average. Black eight graders ranked 19th on math (259), 25th on reading (244).
Florida educators citized former Governor Jeb Bush for a program that penalizes underperforming schools(as indicated by standardized tests, most prominently the FCAT with fewer funding dollars addition needed suporters say the program's tough measures have resulted in vast improvement to the education system. Major testing organizations frequently discount the use of state's average test-score rankings, or any average of scaled scores, as a valid metric (for details on scaled test scores, see psychometrics.
Florida like other states, appears to substantially undercount dropout in reporting .
In 2007, the state's school population grew by 477 students to 2,641,598which was far below the projected 48,376 increase. School boards blamed rising insurance and property tax costs and the major 2004 and 2005 hurricane season, which have discouraged migration into Florida. Growth in countries such zx Miami-Dad, Broward, Palm Beach Hillsborough, Orange,
