These Are The 25 Best Elementary Schools in FL: U.S. News

Orlando Gifted Academy is the best public elementary school in Florida, according to a new ranking Tuesday from U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. News researchers based the 2027 ranking of the nation’s best public elementary schools on the latest publicly available data from state education agencies by RTI International, alongside data from the U.S. Department of Education. In the past, the state reports weren’t part of the methodology.

The data from the state agencies provides a more comprehensive assessment of student performance in reading and mathematics across all proficiency levels while continuing to account for student background and absolute performance on state assessments.

“By incorporating direct state data across all proficiency levels, the 2027 rankings offer a richer, more complete picture of how elementary and middle schools are driving student growth,” Eric Brooks, U.S. News director of education data analysis, said in a news release.

Elementary schools are those offering either pre-K-5 or pre-K-6 education. For schools that have a wider grade span, only tests through fifth grade were considered. The report includes 46,000 public elementary schools ranked at the state and district levels. Charter schools are a stand-alone category.

The top 25 public elementary schools in Florida are:

• No. 1 - Orlando Gift Academy, Orlando
• No. 2 - Pine View School, Osprey
• No. 3 - Somerset Academy Miramar South, Miramar
• No. 4 - Jacksonville Beach Elementary School, Jacksonville Beach
• No. 5 - Morikami Park Elementary School, Delray Beach
• No. 6 - Parkway Middle School, Lauderhill
• No. 7 - A.D. Henderson University School & FAU High School, Boca Raton
• No. 8 - Freedom 7 Elementary School of International Studies, Cocoa Beach
• No. 9 - Henry S. West Laboratory School, Coral Gables
• No. 10 - Sunset Elementary School, Miami
• No. 11 - Palmetto Elementary School, Miami
• No. 12 - I Preparatory Academy, Miami
• No. 13 - Elisa Nelson Elementary, Palm Harbor
• No. 14 - Orange Park Elementary School, Orange Park
• No. 15 - Waters Edge Elementary School, Boca Raton
• No. 16 - Somerset Academy Elementary School, South Miami
• No. 17 - True North Classical Academy at Pinecrest, Pinecrest
• No. 18 - North Dade Center for Modern Languages, Miami Gardens
• No. 19 - Everglades Elementary School, Weston
• No. 20 - Southside Elementary School, Sarasota
• No. 21 - Dommerich Elementary, Maitland
• No. 22 - Somerset Academy Davie Charter School, Davie
• No. 23 - W. Melbourne Elementary School for Science, West Melbourne
• No. 24 - George W. Carver Elementary School, Coral Gables
• No. 25 - Bryant Elementary School, Tampa

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