South Florida high schools rank best in state and U.S. – NBC 6 South Florida

U.S. News & World Report have published their rankings of the best high schools in the country, and South Florida made sure to represent.

Half of the top 10 schools in the state of Florida can be found in Miami-Dade, and Broward is not far behind. And seven schools across both counties broke the top 100 in the U.S.

The report looked at college readiness, curriculum breadth, graduation rate, and state assessment proficiency and performance to decide where schools ranked.

Take a look at the schools standing out.

Florida

You can find the best high school in the Sunshine State—Pine View School—in Osprey, Florida, just about 11 miles south of Sarasota. It’s an application-based school for intellectually gifted students.

But South Florida students don’t have to move to Sarasota for a great education. The second-best public school in the state can be found in Miami-Dade, at The Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST@FIU). According to its website, it’s “the only public high school in Florida that enjoys a collaborative partnership with a public university.”

School nameLocationFlorida rankingU.S. rankingPine View SchoolOsprey | Sarasota County Schools113Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST@FIU)North Miami | Miami-Dade County Public Schools231Neocity AcademyKissimmee | Osceoloa Public Schools335Archimedean Upper Conservatory Charter SchoolMiami | Miami-Dade County Public Schools439West Shore Junior/Senior High SchoolMelbourne | Brevard Public Schools547Jose Marti Mast 6-12 AcademyHialeah | Miami-Dade County Public Schools655Stanton College Preparatory SchoolJacksonville | Duval County Public Schools763Suncoast Community High SchoolRiviera Beach | School District of Palm Beach County881I Preparatory AcademyMiami | Miami-Dade County Public Schools986Terra Environmental Research InstituteMiami | Miami-Dade County Public Schools1087

Miami-Dade County Public Schools

In Miami-Dade County, magnet schools and charter schools dominated the top 10. Six schools even made it into the top 100 in the U.S.

School nameCounty rankingFlorida rankingU.S. rankingMarine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST@FIU)1231Archimedean Upper Conservatory Charter School2439Jose Marti Mast 6-12 Academy3655I Preparatory Academy4986Terra Environmental Research Institute51087Design and Architecture Senior High School61396MAST Academy714111International Studies Charter High School816130International Studies Preparatory Academy918144Doral Performing Arts and Entertainment Academy1019150

Broward County Public Schools

Broward County may not have made the top 10 schools in the state, but it’s not far behind with Millennium 6-12 Collegiate Academy in Tamarac at no. 11. It is also the only school in Broward that made the top 100 in the U.S.

School nameCounty rankingFlorida rankingNational rankingMillennium 6-12 Collegiate Academy11193Pompano Beach High School232274William T. McFatter Technical High School340461Cypress Bay High School455810Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School5841,289Atlantic Technical High School6901,329Cooper City High School71141,724West Broward High School81211,762Fort Lauderdale High School91301,948Nova High School101622,487