Best School Districts in Florida

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Rank (of 68)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
	Ahfachkee Day School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Clewiston	Hendry County			(n/a)
43^rd	Alachua	PK, KG-12	33	10	20	3	Gainesville	Alachua County	0.465	32	11
25^th	Baker	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	0	MacClenny	Baker County	0.539		(n/a)
28^th	Bay	PK, KG-12	24	5	11	9	Panama City	Bay County	0.526	31	3
49^th	Bradford	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	3	Starke	Bradford County	0.422	55	6
22^nd	Brevard	PK, KG-12	67	11	22	8	Viera	Brevard County	0.57	17	5
30^th	Broward	PK, KG-12	194	48	63	14	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	0.522	41	11
11^th	Calhoun	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	3	Blountstown	Calhoun County	0.624	21	10
37^th	Charlotte	PK, KG-12	10	4	6	4	Port Charlotte	Charlotte County	0.497	18	19
39^th	Citrus	PK, KG-12	11	4	8	4	Inverness	Citrus County	0.485	38	1
10^th	Clay	PK, KG-12	29	6	11	8	Green Cove Springs	Clay County	0.628	10
14^th	Collier	PK, KG-12	35	13	18	8	Naples	Collier County	0.614	15	1
27^th	Columbia	PK, KG-12	9	2	5	2	Lake City	Columbia County	0.529	27
68^th	Deaf/Blind	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	St Augustine	St. Johns County	0.09	67	1
67^th	Desoto	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	4	Arcadia	DeSoto County	0.216	65	2
35^th	Dixie	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	2	Cross City	Dixie County	0.503	36	1
	DJJ District		0	0	0	0	Tallahassee	Leon County			(n/a)
54^th	Duval	PK, KG-12	125	27	42	12	Jacksonville	Duval County	0.388	52	2
51^st	Escambia	PK, KG-12	35	10	16	7	Pensacola	Escambia County	0.404	57	6
	Famu Lab School	K-12	0	0	0	2	Tallahassee	Leon County			(n/a)
1^st	Fau Lab School	K-12	1	0	0	1	Boca Raton	Palm Beach County	0.943	1
6^th	Fl Virtual	K-12	1	1	1	0	Orlando	Orange County	0.7	5	1
20^th	Flagler	PK, KG-12	7	2	4	0	Bunnell	Flagler County	0.579	14	6
60^th	Franklin	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	4	Eastpoint	Franklin County	0.366	59	1
	Fsu Bay	9-12	0	0	1	0	Panama City	Bay County			(n/a)
2^nd	Fsu Lab School	K-12	1	0	0	2	Tallahassee	Leon County	0.937	2
66^th	Gadsden	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	5	Quincy	Gadsden County	0.241	64	2
5^th	Gilchrist	PK, KG-12	3	0	3	1	Trenton	Gilchrist County	0.737	6	1
18^th	Glades	PK, KG-12	3	0	3	1	Moore Haven	Glades County	0.605	33	15
53^rd	Gulf	PK, KG-12	3	0	4	0	Port Saint Joe	Gulf County	0.39	51	2
65^th	Hamilton	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	1	Jasper	Hamilton County	0.247	66	1
55^th	Hardee	PK, KG-12	6	0	3	2	Wauchula	Hardee County	0.387	39	16
63^rd	Hendry	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	3	Labelle	Hendry County	0.311	62	1
44^th	Hernando	PK, KG-12	14	6	7	5	Brooksville	Hernando County	0.443	43	1
46^th	Highlands	PK, KG-12	9	3	7	3	Sebring	Highlands County	0.43	50	4
45^th	Hillsborough	PK, KG-12	181	44	53	23	Tampa	Hillsborough County	0.438	47	2
56^th	Holmes	PK, KG-12	3	0	3	4	Bonifay	Holmes County	0.383	54	2
	Idea Public Schools	K-12	0	0	0	4	Weslaco	Hidalgo County			(n/a)
13^th	Indian River	PK, KG-12	17	5	4	2	Vero Beach	Indian River County	0.615	13
40^th	Jackson	PK, KG-12	3	1	4	9	Marianna	Jackson County	0.478	44	4
	Jefferson	PK, KG-12	0	0	2	4	Monticello	Jefferson County			(n/a)
	Lafayette	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	1	Mayo	Lafayette County			(n/a)
32^nd	Lake	PK, KG-12	31	9	13	7	Tavares	Lake County	0.51	29	3
50^th	Lee	PK, KG-12	61	18	34	6	Fort Myers	Lee County	0.406	48	2
48^th	Leon	PK, KG-12	29	8	11	7	Tallahassee	Leon County	0.427	46	2
29^th	Levy	PK, KG-12	6	1	4	4	Bronson	Levy County	0.524	37	8
9^th	Liberty	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	5	Bristol	Liberty County	0.655	12	3
62^nd	Madison	PK, KG-12	5	0	3	4	Madison	Madison County	0.351	53	9
34^th	Manatee	PK, KG-12	44	12	13	11	Bradenton	Manatee County	0.504	28	6
61^st	Marion	PK, KG-12	35	10	16	2	Ocala	Marion County	0.354	61
33^rd	Martin	PK, KG-12	13	5	9	5	Stuart	Martin County	0.507	23	10
24^th	Miami-Dade	PK, KG-12	293	77	135	26	Miami	Miami-Dade County	0.554	24
	Miccosukee Indian School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Miami	Miami-Dade County			(n/a)
21^st	Monroe	PK, KG-12	13	0	11	1	Key West	Monroe County	0.576	22	1
3^rd	Nassau	PK, KG-12	9	3	5	4	Fernandina Beach	Nassau County	0.796	3
12^th	Okaloosa	PK, KG-12	21	8	14	9	Fort Walton Beach	Okaloosa County	0.621	8	4
64^th	Okeechobee	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	3	Okeechobee	Okeechobee County	0.298	63	1
31^st	Orange	PK, KG-12	164	43	53	13	Orlando	Orange County	0.512	35	4
58^th	Osceola	PK, KG-12	46	10	22	7	Kissimmee	Osceola County	0.371	58
41^st	Palm Beach	PK, KG-12	133	37	52	13	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach County	0.474	45	4
42^nd	Pasco	PK, KG-12	59	16	25	5	Land O Lakes	Pasco County	0.466	40	2
23^rd	Pinellas	PK, KG-12	90	20	31	12	Largo	Pinellas County	0.558	25	2
57^th	Polk	PK, KG-12	87	27	38	10	Bartow	Polk County	0.373	60	3
59^th	Putnam	PK, KG-12	11	1	4	2	Palatka	Putnam County	0.369	56	3
15^th	Santa Rosa	PK, KG-12	19	7	8	6	Milton	Santa Rosa County	0.613	19	4
8^th	Sarasota	PK, KG-12	31	11	11	6	Sarasota	Sarasota County	0.657	7	1
7^th	Seminole	PK, KG-12	43	12	12	7	Sanford	Seminole County	0.658	11	4
4^th	St. Johns	PK, KG-12	27	7	16	4	St Augustine	St. Johns County	0.784	4
47^th	St. Lucie	PK, KG-12	29	4	14	6	Port St Lucie	St. Lucie County	0.43	49	2
19^th	Sumter	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	5	Bushnell	Sumter County	0.593	26	7
38^th	Suwannee	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	5	Live Oak	Suwannee County	0.488	42	4
	Taylor	PK, KG-12	3	1	3	0	Perry	Taylor County			(n/a)
	Tcc	9-12	0	0	1	0	Tallahassee	Leon County			(n/a)
	Uf Lab School	K-12	0	0	1	1	Gainesville	Alachua County			(n/a)
17^th	Union	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	2	Lake Butler	Union County	0.606	16	1
36^th	Volusia	PK, KG-12	48	12	16	11	Deland	Volusia County	0.501	34	2
26^th	Wakulla	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	4	Crawfordville	Wakulla County	0.538	20	6
16^th	Walton	PK, KG-12	6	3	10	4	Defuniak Springs	Walton County	0.608	9	7
52^nd	Washington	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	3	Chipley	Washington County	0.392	30	22

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