By Kyle Coppola
Tavares High School Achieves 92% Graduation Rate
TAVARES, Fla. — Tavares High School celebrated a significant milestone with a 92% graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year, a 3% increase from last year’s 89%. This achievement reflects the school’s ongoing commitment to academic excellence and student success.
Since coming onboard to Tavares High School, Principal Stacy Keaveny has continued the strong work model set by Principal Stein. Tavares High School had fantastic growth on the academic side and it’s been a joy to watch the school flourish. We did reach out for comment but did not immediately hear back from any school representative about the graduation rate.
(The 92% Graduation Rate is one of the highest in Tavares High’s nearly 100 year history.)
Tavares High has implemented several measures to boost graduation rates in recent years, including tutoring programs, mentorship opportunities, and the school is continuing to help students find a path after graduation. Programs such as the Promotional Enterprise Class taught by Nikki Sauerbrey have been a huge help to local students. The Tavares High Incubator program has also been a success, “The Incubator program helps students learn about starting a business. There are many Tavares High School graduation success stories and the Incubator program helps teach them how to get started and have success upon graduating.” says Sauerbrey. You can read about that here.
(Tavares teacher Nikki Sauerbrey teaches the Promotional Enterprise and Incubator courses at Tavares which have been a huge benefit to the student body.)
This is among the highest graduation rates for Tavares High School in school history which is approaching its 100th year of operation. Built in 1926 the high school housed grades 9 and 10 and then in 1927 added grades 11-12. The 92% graduation rate is among the best in school history and we are very excited about the things that are happening at Lake County Schools. Great job!
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
