100 Best Public High Schools in Florida

Ever wonder which public high schools are the best of the best in the state of Florida?

The number crunchers at Niche.com wanted to find out. To answer the question, the folks behind the website took a look at such metrics as state test scores, college readiness, SAT/ACT scores, graduation rates, reviews, teacher quality and more. When all was said and done, these schools were named among the Top 100:

1. School For Advanced Studies – South, Kendall
2. Pine View School, Osprey
3. Coral Reef Senior High, Richmond Heights
4. Suncoast Community High School, Riviera Beach
5. College Academy at Broward College, Davie
6. School for Advanced Studies – Wolfson, Miami
7. Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, West Palm Beach
8. Mast Academy, Key Biscayne Township
9. Design & Architecture Senior High, Miami
10. Stanton College Preparatory, Jacksonville
11. New World School of the Arts, Miami
12. William T. McFatter Technical Center, Davie
13. Westshore Junior/Senior High, Melbourne
14. School for Advanced Studies – North, Westview
15. Terra Environmental Research Institute, Kendall
16. Cypress Bay High School, Weston
17. St. Petersburg Collegiate High, St. Petersburg
18. School for Advanced Studies, Homestead
19. Plant High School, Tampa
20. iPrep Academy, Miami
21. Florida State University School, Tallahassee
22. Collegiate High School at Northwest Florida State, Niceville
23. Fort Myers High, Fort Myers
24. A.D. Henderson University School & FAU High, Boca Raton
25. Boca Raton Community High School, Boca Raton
26. Pompano Beach High, Pompano Beach
27. Niceville Senior High, Niceville
28. Edgewood Junior/Senior High, Merritt Island
29. State College of Florida Collegiate School, Bayshore Gardens
30. Young Women’s Preparatory Academy, Maimi
31. Clark Advanced Learning Center, Port Salerno
32. ATC Technical High, Margate
33. Law Enforcement Officers Memorial High, Miami
34. Archimedean Upper Conservatory, Kendale Lakes
35. Allen D. Nease Senior High, Nocatee
36. Chain of Lakes Collegiate High, Winter Haven
37. Osceola County School of Arts, Kissimmee
38. Strawberry Crest High School, Plant City
39. City of Pembroke Pines Charter High, Pembroke Pines
40. Bartram Trail High School, Fruit Cove
41. Eastside High School, Gainesville
42. Steinbrenner High School, Lutz
43. Oviedo High School, Oviedo
44. Mater Academy, Hialeah Gardens
45. Palm Harbor University High School, Palm Harbor
46. Miami Lakes Educational Center, Miami Lakes
47. Bloomingdale High School, Bloomingdale
48. Medical Academy for Science & Technology, Homestead
49. Winter Park High School, Winter Park
50. Newsome High School, Lithia
51. Timber Creek High, Orlando
52. Sickles High School, Tampa
53. Hagerty High School, Oviedo
54. Ponte Vedra High School, Nocatee
55. Naples High School, Naples
56. Lawton Chiles High school, Northeast Leon
57. Spruce Creek High School, Port Orange
58. Fleming Island High School, Fleming Island
59. West Broward High School, Pembroke Pines
60. Edison Collegiate High, Punta Gorda
61. Doral Academy Charter High, Doral
62. Leon High School, Tallahassee
63. Gulf Coast High, Naples
64. Freedom High School, Southwest Orange
65. Orlando Science Middle/High, Orlando
66. Paxon School for Advanced Studies, Jacksonville
67. Crooms Academy of Information Technology, Sanford
68. Dr. Phillips High School, Orlando
69. Florida Virtual School, Palm Springs
70. Olympia High School, Southwest Orange
71. F.W. Buchholz High School, Gainesville
72. Jupiter High, Jupiter
73. Somerset Arts Conservatory, Pembroke Pines
74. Ronald W. Reagan/Doral Senior High, Doral
75. Mater Academy, Miami
76. Seminole High school, Sanford
77. International Studies Charter High, Miami
78. Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy, Doral
79. Spanish River Community High, Boca Raton
80. P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, Gainsville
81. Creekside High, Fruit Cove
82. Broward Virtual School, Davie
83. Nova High School, Davie
84. North Fort Myers High, North Fort Myers
85. St. Petersburg High School, St. Petersburg
86. International Studies Preparatory Academy, Coral Gables
87. Edison Collegiate High, Cypress Lake
88. Miami Palmetto Senior High, Pinecrest
89. Fort Walton Beach High, Fort Walton Beach
90. Professional & Technical High School, St. Cloud
91. Fernandina Beach High, Fernandina Beach
92. Darnell Cookman Middle/High School, Jacksonville
93. Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High, Tampa
94. Southwest Miami Senior High, Olympia Heights
95. Polk State College Collegiate High, Lakeland
96. Barron Collier High, Naples
97. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, Parkland
98. Somerset Academy, Pembroke Pines
99. Palm Beach Center High, Wellington
100. West Port High, Ocala

Check out the full report on Niche.com.

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