Plant City-area high schools earn A’€™s

Durant, Plant City and Strawberry Crest high schools all earned A grades for their performances on the 2013 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.

The Florida Department of Education released the letter grades late last month. This year, more than half of Hillsborough County’s traditional high schools earned the top grade. No Hillsborough high school received a D or F grade.

Plant City has earned the top grade for three consecutive years; and Durant and Strawberry Crest for two.

The high school grades are released later than elementary and middle schools, because factors other than test scores — such as graduation rates — are factored into the grades.

For a complete list of high school grades, visit schoolgrades.fldoe.org.