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Italian high school exam outcomes 2025/2026

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Italian high school exam outcomes 2025/2026

In the 2025/2026 school year year, the Italian Ministry of Education reported a modest rise in overall admission to the final state exam, with 96.7% of candidates admitted and 99.8% of those sitting the test receiving a diploma. The While the share of perfect 100 scores fell from 7.1% to 5.3%, while the proportion of students earning a 100 with honors (lode) held at about rose slightly to approximately 2.9% (14,123 students). The highest This represents a record number of top honors, with the figure growing significantly from 3,000 in the 2006/2007 school year. However, these rising grades were concentrated contrast with standardized Invalsi test results, which have shown a nearly constant decline in student competencies since the south, where Campania, Puglia, Covid-19 pandemic. Regional data shows a high concentration of lodi in Southern Italy, led by Campania (3,018), Puglia (2,104), Sicily (1,928), and Lazio together accounted for the bulk of lodi. A month later, (1,165). In Lombardy, the Lombardy regional authority released its own 2026 results. The pass rate was even higher, at 99.5% overall, with results showed a failure rate of only 0.27%. Grade distribution shifted toward the middle bands, with 99.5% pass rate, but top honors were notably lower than the 61‑70 and 71‑80 ranges together covering two‑thirds of scores. Perfect scores dropped further to 2.9%, and national average. In Lombardy, the combined 100‑and‑lode 100-and-lode category fell to roughly 1% of diplomas, indicating a lower share of top honors diplomas. Provincial analysis in Lombardy compared with the national average reported earlier. Together the data show a continued trend of near‑universal passing, a steady decline in perfect scores, identified Cremona (6.7%), Mantova (5.8%), and regional variation Sondrio (5.0%) as leaders in the awarding of lodi, with the south historically leading the national tally and Lombardy reporting a comparatively modest share of top honors marks. Within the region, lodes were most common in 2026. licei (1.5%) compared to technical institutes (0.7%) and professional schools (0.2%).

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