Discover the best high schools in Central Florida and see where your child's school stands

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Florida is considered among the top states for education, and several of its public high schools rank among the best in the country, according to U.S. News.

The ranking looks at factors like graduation rate, college readiness, and scores on state assessments.

Pine View School in Osprey ranked No. 1 in the state this year, coming up a spot after ranking No. 2 last year. Nationally, the school ranks No. 18.

In Central Florida, Westshore Junior/Senior High School in Melbourne ranks as the best public high school, sitting at No. 3 for the state and No. 43 for the country.

The full ranking for the state is as follows:

State Rank	School	City	County	National Rank
1	Pine View School	Osprey	Sarasota	18
2	Millennium 6-12 Collegiate Academy	Tamarac	Broward	41
3	Westshore Junior/Senior High School	Melbourne	Brevard	43
4	Archimedean Upper Conservatory Charter School	Miami	Miami-Dade	51
5	Stanton College Preparatory School	Jacksonville	Duval	55
6	Edgewood Junior/Senior High School	Merritt Island	Brevard	57
7	Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST@FIU)	North Miami	Miami-Dade	61
8	Jose Marti Mast 6-12 Academy	Hialeah	Miami-Dade	63
9	Design and Architecture Senior High School	Miami	Miami-Dade	73
10	Alexander W. Dreyfoos Junior School of the Arts	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach	91

Breaking it down further, the top 10 ranked public high schools in each Central Florida county are as follows:

BREVARD COUNTY

County Rank	State Rank	School	City	Graduation Rate	College Readiness
1	3	Westshore Junior/Senior High School	Melbourne	100%	95.0
2	6	Edgewood Junior/Senior High School	Merritt Island	100%	97.1
3	74	Satellite Senior High School	Satellite Beach	95%	50.5
4	83	Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School	Cocoa Beach	92%	53.3
5	113	Viera High School	Viera	97%	45.3
6	191	Melbourne Senior High School	Melbourne	89%	35.5
7	192	Space Coast Junior/Senior High School	Cocoa	89%	40.8
8	255	Pineapple Cove Classical Academy	Palm Bay	90%	28.5
9	296	Merritt Island High School	Merritt Island	97%	27.2
10	324	Titusville High School	Titusville	82%	23.4

FLAGLER COUNTY

No other Flagler County schools were ranked

LAKE COUNTY

County Rank	State Rank	School	City	Graduation Rate	College Readiness
1	180	Lake Minneola High School	Minneola	97%	38.6
2	235	East Ridge High School	Clermont	96%	45.0
3	331	Eustis High School	Eustis	92%	25.2
4	345	Lake Virtual Franchise	Eustis	61%	35.2
5	358	Mount Dora High School	Mount Dora	95%	29.6
6	380	Umatilla High School	Umatilla	93%	23.3
7	434	South Lake High School	Groveland	92%	28.3
8	440	Tavares High School	Tavares	89%	26.1
9	530	Leesburg High School	Leesburg	86%	15.1
10	537-647	Alee Academy Charter School	Eustis	13%	—

MARION COUNTY

County Rank	State Rank	School	City	Graduation Rate	College Readiness
1	232	West Port High School	Ocala	92%	34.8
2	266	Forest High School	Ocala	93%	27.1
3	309	Vanguard High School	Ocala	86%	31.0
4	475	Dunnellon High School	Dunnellon	89%	16.2
5	532	Belleview High School	Belleview	83%	—
6/7	537-647	Lake Weir High School	Ocala	71%	13.1
6/7	537-647	North Marion High School	Citra	79%	—

No other Marion County schools were ranked

ORANGE COUNTY

County Rank	State Rank	School	City	Graduation Rate	College Readiness
1	22	Orlando Science Middle High Charter	Orlando	100%	77.1
2	61	Timber Creek High School	Orlando	99%	55.7
3	63	Lake Nona High School	Orlando	99%	64.7
4	65	Winter Park High School	Winter Park	98%	61.0
5	102	Windermere High School	Windermere	97%	56.9
6	117	William R. Boone High School	Orlando	96%	53.4
7	125	Cornerstone Charter Academy High School	Belle Isle	93%	46.7
8	133	West Orange High School	Winter Garden	96%	47.2
9	161	Olympia High School	Orlando	93%	56.0
10	164	Freedom High School	Orlando	94%	56.2

OSCEOLA COUNTY

County Rank	State Rank	School	City	Graduation Rate	College Readiness
1	11	Neocity Academy	Kissimmee	100%	90.2
2	27	Osceola County School of Arts	Kissimmee	99%	77.2
3	38	Professional and Technical High School	Kissimmee	100%	61.7
4	220	Celebration High School	Celebration	86%	48.6
5	283	St. Cloud High School	St. Cloud	93%	34.4
6	284	New Dimensions High School	Kissimmee	96%	16.6
7	297	Harmony High School	Harmony	88%	40.1
8	308	Tohopekaliga	Kissimmee	90%	39.8
9	323	Gateway High School	Kissimmee	85%	32.8
10	370	Osceola Virtual Franchise (Secondary)	St. Cloud	100%	—

POLK COUNTY

County Rank	State Rank	School	City	Graduation Rate	College Readiness
1	105	McKeel Academy of Technology	Lakeland	100%	36.7
2	217	Lakeland Senior High School	Lakeland	89%	35.8
3	229	Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School	Winter Haven	100%	24.8
4	290	George W. Jenkins Senior High School	Lakeland	94%	25.0
5	292	Lake Wales Senior High School	Lake Wales	82%	22.7
6	320	Bartow Senior High School	Bartow	91%	23.5
7	406	Discovery High School	Lake Alfred	93%	10.7
8	443	Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School	Fort Meade	90%	13.0
9	456	Frostproof Middle/Senior High School	Frostproof	84%	18.5
10	469	Lake Gibson Senior High School	Lakeland	87%	20.1

SEMINOLE COUNTY

County Rank	State Rank	School	City	Graduation Rate	College Readiness
1	57	Hagerty High School	Oviedo	97%	53.5
2	70	Crooms Academy of Information Technology	Sanford	99%	43.3
3	75	Oviedo High School	Oviedo	98%	49.2
4	122	Lake Howell High School	Winter Park	99%	46.4
5	127	Lake Brantley High School	Altamonte Springs	96%	51.8
6	144	Lake Mary High School	Lake Mary	95%	42.5
7	148	Seminole High School	Sanford	90%	50.5
8	156	Lyman High School	Longwood	94%	42.9
9	158	Winter Springs High School	Winter Springs	96%	41.7
10	386	Seminole County Virtual Franchise	Lake Mary	83%	—

SUMTER COUNTY

County Rank	State Rank	School	City	Graduation Rate	College Readiness
1	110	Villages Charter School	The Villages	100%	46.7
2	262	South Sumter High School	Bushnell	95%	38.0
3	537-647	Wildwood Middle/High School	Wildwood	95%	10.2

No other Sumter County schools were ranked

VOLUSIA COUNTY

County Rank	State Rank	School	City	Graduation Rate	College Readiness
1	146	Spruce Creek High School	Port Orange	94%	47.3
2	270	New Smyrna Beach High School	New Smyrna Beach	94%	24.5
3	313	Seabreeze High School	Daytona Beach	92%	27.1
4	317	DeLand High School	DeLand	93%	27.1
5	321	Deltona High School	Deltona	96%	15.2
6	346	Atlantic High School	Port Orange	89%	25.8
7	355	Mainland High School	Daytona Beach	87%	30.9
8	376	T. Dewitt Taylor Middle-High School	Pierson	87%	30.7
9	394	University High School	Orange City	92%	20.6
10	397	Volusia Online Learning Franchise	Port Orange	—	—