Best High Schools in Florida

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 807)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
120159008317	271	Polk Full Time Eschool	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	604 S. Central Ave	Lakeland	33815	Polk County	Polk	No	No	Yes	No	(863) 354-3999	604	0		0.5%	256 (42.4%)	106 (17.5%)	211 (34.9%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (3.8%)	$12,638			$890			$11,748	52.5	50.9	276	5
120039000590	272	Coral Gables Senior High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	450 Bird Rd	Coral Gables	33146	Miami-Dade County	Miami-Dade	No	Yes	No	No	(305) 443-4871	2,824	120	23.5	52.4%	269 (9.5%)	127 (4.5%)	2,388 (84.6%)	26 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (0.5%)	$9,794			$1,400			$8,394	52.5	49.7	287	15
120093001052	273	Vero Beach High School	Public	9-12	1707 16th St	Vero Beach	32960	Indian River County	Indian River	No	No	No	No	(772) 564-5800	2,847	124	22.9	49.6%	1,415 (49.7%)	625 (22.0%)	629 (22.1%)	42 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.1%)	132 (4.6%)	$9,312			$1,002			$8,310	52.4	45.2	334	61
120039008125	274	Youth County-Op Preparatory High School	Public, Charter	9-12	7700 W 20th Ave	Hialeah	33016	Miami-Dade County	Miami-Dade	Yes	No	No	Yes	(305) 819-8855	247	11	22.4	66.4%	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.6%)	240 (97.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,028			$604			$9,424	52.1	59.4	205	69
120189001956	275	Union County High School	Public	9-12	1000 S Lake Ave	Lake Butler	32054	Union County	Union	No	No	No	No	(352) 448-5204	633	41	15.6	45.3%	495 (78.2%)	91 (14.4%)	21 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.8%)	$13,638			$1,920			$11,718	52.1	54.6	245	30
120039007517	276	Lincoln-Marti Charter School (Hialeah Campus)	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3500 W 84th St	Hialeah	33018	Miami-Dade County	Miami-Dade	Yes	No	No	Yes	(305) 827-8080	209	16	13	86.6%	3 (1.4%)	7 (3.3%)	196 (93.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$15,903			$703			$15,200	52	52.2	268	8
120156001664	277	Richard O Jacobson Technical High School At Seminole	Public, Magnet	9-12	12611 86th Ave	Seminole	33776	Pinellas County	Pinellas	No	Yes	No	No	(727) 545-6405	578	24	24	44.8%	404 (69.9%)	44 (7.6%)	99 (17.1%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.6%)	$8,773			$712			$8,060	52	55.1	241	36
120018008361	278	Avant Garde Academy Of Broward	Public, Charter	6-12	2025 McKinley St	Hollywood	33020	Broward County	Broward	Yes	No	No	Yes	(754) 816-6153	1,085	0		50.6%	231 (21.3%)	199 (18.3%)	616 (56.8%)	15 (1.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.0%)	$8,179			$1,202			$6,977	51.9	37	422	144
120108001133	279	Fort Myers High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	2635 Cortez Blvd	Fort Myers	33901	Lee County	Lee	No	Yes	No	No	(239) 334-2167	1,902	83	22.8	32.4%	864 (45.4%)	399 (21.0%)	468 (24.6%)	115 (6.0%)	6 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (2.6%)	$9,589			$1,400			$8,189	51.9	60.4	196	83
120129004042	280	Jensen Beach High School	Public	9-12	2875 NW Goldenrod Rd	Jensen Beach	34957	Martin County	Martin	No	No	No	No	(772) 232-3500	1,584	70	22.6	36.3%	1,014 (64.0%)	103 (6.5%)	372 (23.5%)	30 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (4.0%)	$10,118			$843			$9,274	51.7	58.7	210	70

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOC Algebra 1, EOC Geometry, EOC Biology 1, EOC US History, FAST English Language Arts, EOC Civics test scores released by the Florida Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on June 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Florida Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Florida Department of Education.
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