Only 1 Tampa Bay High School Makes Florida's Top 10 List

The folks at U.S. News & World Report have once again released their lists of the best high schools in the nation and within all 50 states.

When all was said and done only one Tampa Bay area school made the organization’s Top 10 list for the state of Florida. Those honors go to Pine View School in Osprey with No. 3 standing in the state and a No. 24 ranking nationally.

U.S. News awards schools with gold, silver and bronze medal status to indicate college readiness. To be included in state rankings, schools must receive a silver or gold medal from the organization. Rankings are based on such factors as student performance on state high school proficiency tests, disadvantaged student performance and college-readiness performance based on scores from Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams, among other factors. For a complete explanation of ranking criteria, visit U.S. News.

Other Bay area schools that made the Florida rankings list in the Top 100 spots included:

• Henry B. Plant High School, Tampa – No. 17 in the state and No. 263 in the nation.
• Tampa Bay Tech High School, Tampa – No. 38 in the state and No. 578 in the nation.
• Palm Harbor University High, Palm Harbor – No. 43 in the state and No. 639 in the nation.
• Robinson High School, Tampa – No. 44 in the state and No. 640 in the nation.
• Sickles High School, Tampa – No. 48 in the state and No. 705 nationally.
• Land O’ Lakes High School, Land O’ Lakes – No. 50 in the state and No. 730 nationally.
• Suncoast Polytechnical High School, Sarasota – No. 62 in the state and No. 865 nationally.
• James W. Mitchell High, New Port Richey – No. 66 in the state and No. 890 in the nation.
• Riverview High School, Sarasota – No. 85 in the state and No. 1,117 nationally.
• Gulf High School, New Port Richey – No. 88 in the state and No. 1,250 nationally.

For a complete look at the state rankings, visit U.S. News & World Report.

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