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Towns with the best schools in Florida

Ranked by our Schools score out of 100, which is based on how many high-school students take AP, IB or college classes, how many students miss a lot of school, the graduation rate and class size, for the public schools in the town. Of the 238 towns in Florida with 1,000 or more people, these are the top 25.

Osprey ranks first with a score of 76. Tamarac and The Villages follow, with 69 and 67. Scores compare each town with all 27,850 towns we track across the US.

RankTownScore High-school students in AP or IB classesHigh-school students taking college classes Population
1 Osprey 76 82.1%13.4% 5,943
2 Tamarac 69 80.1%82.0% 73,019
3 The Villages 67 38.2%17.3% 83,498
4 Coral Gables 66 45.5%12.5% 49,802
5 Key Biscayne 65 68.2%9.3% 14,791
6 Longwood 65 32.0%12.8% 16,337
7 Gulf Breeze 64 33.1%14.0% 6,660
8 Oviedo 64 35.1%6.6% 40,599
9 Satellite Beach 64 25.3%16.0% 11,313
10 Niceville 63 22.7%16.8% 16,544
11 Merritt Island 62 34.3%14.9% 34,992
12 Hialeah Gardens 62 34.2%23.1% 22,915
13 Lutz 62 51.9%10.0% 27,106
14 Palm Harbor 62 50.6%10.1% 61,512
15 Cocoa Beach 61 46.2%13.3% 11,377
16 Belle Isle 61 28.7%13.1% 7,444
17 Boca Raton 60 32.6%9.7% 100,234
18 Miami Shores 60 12.8%18.7% 11,752
19 Sanford 60 36.1%8.9% 63,730
20 Venice 60 32.5%8.2% 27,479
21 Miami Lakes 60 37.0%15.1% 31,553
22 Parkland 60 34.7%8.8% 37,178
23 Trinity 59 33.5%11.9% 18,907
24 Doral 59 38.1%11.3% 79,216
25 Lake Mary 58 33.4%8.8% 16,860

This is not a test-score ranking, and graduation rates are from 2018 or 2019. Only towns with a high school of their own are listed, and a town does not show up when its students go to school elsewhere. Only towns with 1,000 or more people are ranked. Scores compare each town with all towns we track. See how we score towns and where the figures come from. These are estimates, so check official sources before you decide.

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