JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida schools fared very well in the latest ranking of top high schools in the United States from U.S. News & World Report.
The list, released Tuesday, shows 1,079 schools in Florida made the rankings.
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Coming in at #1 for the state was the School for Advanced Studies in Miami, followed by Pine View School in Osprey, which is near Sarasota.
Rounding out the top five in Florida are the School for Advanced Studies in Homestead, Westshore Junior/Senior High School in Melbourne and Archimedean Upper Conservatory Charter School in Miami.
The highest-ranked Jacksonville-area school in Florida was Stanton College Preparatory School, which ranked at #9 in the state.
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U.S. News & World Report says its rankings are based on six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth, and graduation rates.
Florida had 11 schools in the national top 100, according to the rankings. One of those schools was Stanton, which was ranked #75 nationally.
U.S. News & World Report said it did adjust its calculations this year, due to the effects of the pandemic.
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“While the six ranking indicators that determined each school’s rank were the same as those used in the three prior years, U.S. News adjusted its calculation of these measures to account for the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on schools in the 2019-2020 school year. With most states closing schools for in-person instruction beginning in March 2020 – typically just before most states conduct assessments – the U.S. Department of Education granted waivers allowing all states to forego state testing for the 2019-2020 school year,” according to the U.S. News and World report statement.
| TOP RANKED HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE JACKSONVILLE METRO AREA |
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| #1, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville |
| #2, Darnell Cookman Middle/High School, Jacksonville |
| #3, Paxon School/Advanced Studies, Jacksonville |
| #4, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville |
| #5, Ponte Vedra High School, Ponte Vedra |
| #6, Creekside High School, St. Johns |
| #7, Allen D. Nease Senior High School, Ponte Vedra |
| #8, Bartram Trail High School, St. Johns |
| #9, Fleming Island High School, Orange Park |
| #10, River City Science Academy, Jacksonville |
The complete list of top Florida schools can be found here.
The top schools in the Jacksonville metro area can be found here.
School for Advanced Studies in Miami, the #1 school in Florida, made the top 10 list of high schools nationally, coming in at #4 on that list, which can be found below.
| TOP HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. |
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| #1, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Virginia |
| #2, Academic Magnet High School, South Carolina |
| #3, Signature School, Indiana |
| #4, School for Advanced Studies, Florida |
| #5 Payton College Preparatory High School, Illinois |
| #6, The Davidson Academy of Nevada |
| #7, Central Magnet School, Tennessee |
| #8, The School for the Talented and Gifted, Texas |
| #9, Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Georgia |
| #10, Julia R. Masterman Secondary School, Pennsylvania |
More information about the ranking of Florida schools, according to U.S. News & World Report, can be found here.
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