Middle School Promotion Requirements
From the Florida Department of Education website:
In order for a student to be promoted to high school from the middle grades, they must successfully complete the following courses:
- Three middle grades or higher* courses in English language arts.
- Three middle grades or higher* courses in mathematics.
- Three middle grades or higher* courses in science.
- Three middle grades or higher* courses in social studies.
- One of these social studies courses must be Civics. There is a statewide, standardized end-of-course exam for Civics that must be taken and factored in as 30% of a student’s course grade.
*May include high school courses for high school credit.