Graduation 2025: Seniors celebrate final high school milestone
Seniors in the School District of Lee County closed their high school journeys with graduation ceremonies throughout Lee County.
Graduations began on May 16, and concluded May 20 at various venues.
The 2024-2025 school year had 6,198 senior students among the district’s 15 high schools with charter school grads boosting that tally.
District spokesperson Rob Spicker said they will not know the exact number of graduates until the end of the summer when the credit retrieval period closes for seniors.
Among of the more than 6,200 seniors, Cape Coral High School had 461 – 80 of whom were in IB; Ida Baker High School had 478, 20 of whom were in the Cambridge/AICE program; Island Coast High School had 331, 22 of whom in the Cambridge/AICE program; Mariner High School had 400, 43 of whom were in the Cambridge/AICE program and North Fort Myers High School had 443, 143 of whom were in the Cambridge/AICE program.
Collectively, West Zone students earned an estimated 1,152 industry certifications. The certificates are not limited to just seniors and the tally is not complete as testing will continue through June.
“Many seniors may have earned their Cambridge diploma last year, while those who applied this year will know in August when test scores are released,” Spicker said. “IB seniors take their exams in May and June and scores are released in July. When students get their scores they will learn if they earned their IB diploma.”
The district will receive survey data from the high schools next week regarding how much seniors earned in scholarships this year.