Duval County graduation dates, times and places: What you need to know

Following a “record-high graduation rate” of 87.2% of its high school seniors in 2023 , Duval County Public Schools is planning more than two dozen graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2024.

Over the course of two-plus weeks, proud parents, siblings and grandparents will pack into the seating areas at some of the city’s biggest entertainment venues to watch their seniors walk across the stage, pick up their diplomas, turn their tassels and toss their mortar boards into the air in the annual rite of passage.

Here’s when Jacksonville’s graduating seniors will celebrate their big day, according to a list published by Duval Schools, in alphabetical order:

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A. Philip Randolph Academies of Technology

• When: 7 p.m., Friday, May 24
• Where: Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts

Alden Road Exceptional Student Center

• When: 6 p.m., Friday, May 17
• Where: Alden Road Exceptional Student Center

Andrew Jackson High School

• When: 6 p.m., Friday, May 31
• Where: University of North Florida Arena

Atlantic Coast High School

• When: 1 p.m., Thursday, May 30
• Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Baldwin Middle-Senior High School

• When: 7 p.m., Thursday, May 30
• Where: Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts

Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts

• When: 7 p.m., Thursday, May 23
• Where: Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts

Douglas Anderson School of the Arts

• When: 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 28
• Where: Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts

Duncan U. Fletcher High School

• When: 5 p.m., Monday, June 3
• Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Duval Virtual Instruction Academy

• When: 6 p.m., Thursday, May 30
• Where: University of North Florida Arena

Ed White High School

• When: 1 p.m., Thursday, May 30
• Where: University of North Florida Arena

Englewood High School

• When: 1 p.m., Monday, June 3
• Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

First Coast High School

• When: 1 p.m., Thursday, May 23
• Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology

• When: 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 29
• Where: University of North Florida Arena

Jean Ribault High School

• When: 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 29
• Where: University of North Florida Arena

Mandarin High School

• When: 1 p.m., Friday, May 31
• Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Marine Science Center

• When: 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 22
• Where: Duncan U. Fletcher High School

Mount Herman Exceptional Student Center

• When: 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 22
• Where: Mount Herman Exceptional Student Center

Palm Avenue Exceptional Student Center

• When: 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 22
• Where: Paxon School for Advanced Studies

Paxon School for Advanced Studies

• When: 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 28
• Where: University of North Florida Arena

Riverside High School

• When: 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 29
• Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Samuel W. Wolfson for Advanced Studies

• When: 1 p.m., Friday, May 31
• Where: University of North Florida Arena

Sandalwood High School

• When: 5 p.m., Thursday, May 30
• Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Stanton College Preparatory

• When: 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 28
• Where: University of North Florida Arena

Terry Parker High School

• When: 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 29
• Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

The Bridge to Success Academy

• When: 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 29
• Where: Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts

Westside High School

• When: 5 p.m., Friday, May 31
• Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

William M. Raines High School

• When: 5 p.m., Thursday, May 23
• Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Graduation venues

• Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, 300 Water St.
• University of North Florida Arena, 11852 UNF Drive
• Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 A. Philip Randolph Blvd.
• Paxon School for Advanced Studies, 3239 Norman E Thagard Blvd.
• Duncan U. Fletcher High School, 700 Seagate Ave., Neptune Beach
• Mount Herman Exceptional Student Center, 1741 Francis St.
• Alden Road Exceptional Student Center, 11780 Alden Road

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Duval County graduation dates, times and places: What you need to know