Walton County School District Again Ranks 3rd in the State of Florida According to State Testing Results – Continues to Climb Toward #1
WALTON COUNTY – JUNE 25, 2025 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - The Florida Department of Education released test scores on Wednesday for the 2024-2025 school year showing the Walton County School District holding the #3 ranking in the state, and continuing to improve its standing. These tests include the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) and End of Course (EOC) exams. FAST is the state’s progress-monitoring test in Reading, Language Arts, and Math implemented during the 2022-2023 school year that replaced the Florida Standards Assessment, or FSA.
Walton County students once again had great success, ranking 3rd out of 67 counties in the state, but this year Walton grew by 59 points in its 3rd place standing over last year’s scores. Walton County students continue to produce impressive results:
· 1st in Geometry
· 2nd in 4th grade Math
· 3rd in 5th, 9th, and 10th grade ELA
· 3rd in 3rd and 8th grade Math and Algebra 1
· 3rd in 5th grade Science
· Top 3 in 9 of 21 assessed areas
· Top 5 in 15 of 21 assessed areas
· Top 10 in 20 of 21 assessed areas
· Continued reduction in gap to 2nd place
Under the leadership of Superintendent A. Russell Hughes, the Walton County School District has advanced from ranking 35th in the state to a District consistently recognized among the top three school districts in the State of Florida.
Superintendent Hughes expressed great pride in the district, stating, “Congratulations to our students, staff, school board, parents, and community on rowing in one direction toward the goal! We have continued to improve our standings for 9 years, and that alone is EPIC. I could not be more proud of the tenacity, passion, and relentless pursuit of excellence exhibited by everyone. We continue to close the gap in our quest to being the number one school district in the state, and I believe we have the students, leadership, and community to make it happen. Congratulations again!”
Formal school and district grades are expected to be released later this summer.
For more information on the Walton County School District, please visit https://www.walton.k12.fl.us/ or contact Dr. Joshua Bledsoe, Public Information Officer for the Walton County School District at Joshua.Bledsoe@walton.k12.fl.us.