These 10 Cities In Florida Have The Best Schools
Finding good schools for your children is a very important factor in choosing where to live for most parents. So we looked to a web site called SchoolDigger for a ranking cities in Florida with the best schools. The ranking is determined by their “rank score,” which uses testing data from 2014 to 2015 to determine a percentile for the city’s schools. So, for example, if a school scored a 0.95, they’ve scored better than 95% of the other schools in Florida.

The schools of this community on Santa Rosa Island had a rank score of 0.987. Pictured is Pensacola Beach Elementary School, which had a calculated Average Standard Score of 95.61 in 2014.

Schools in this city in Lee County are ranked better than 98.5% of other schools in Florida. Pictured is the city's school for pre-K through eighth grade, The Sanibel School, which In 2014 had a calculated Average Standard Score of 95.41.
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Aventura in Miami-Dade county was ranked at 0.977. Pictured is the Aventura City of Excellence School, whose 2014 calculated Average Standard Score was 94.84.
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Chuluota in Seminole County was ranked at 0.974. Pictured is the Double R Private School, which educates children from pre-K to eighth grade.

Holmes beach had a rank score of 0.966. Pictured is Anna Maria Elementary School, which for 2014 had a calculated Average Standard Score of 93.2.

Ponte Vedra Beach in Northeast Florida earned a rank score of 0.965. Pictured is Alice B. Landrum Middle School, which earned a calculated Average Standard Score of 93.51 in 2014.

This suburb of Jacksonville earned a score of 0.964. Pictured is Fruit Cove Middle School, which ranked better than 98% of middle schools in Florida and had a calculated Average Standard Score of 95.45.

Odessa in Pasco County earned a rank score of 0.958. Pictured is Hammond Elementary School, which had a calculated Average Standard Score of 93.07.
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Melbourne Beach in Brevard County scored a 0.951 rank score. Gemini Elementary School ranked better than 95.1% of elementary schools in Florida.

Key Biscayne, an island town in Miami-Dade County, scored a 0.949. Pictured is the MAST Academy (Math & Science Technology Senior High), which ranked higher than 98.4% of Florida high schools and had a calculated Average Standard Score of 93.65.
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