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Rank (of 70)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
	Ahfachkee Day School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Clewiston	Hendry County			(n/a)
50^th	Alachua	PK, KG-12	31	10	17	3	Gainesville	Alachua County	0.415	45	5
41^st	Baker	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	0	MacClenny	Baker County	0.45	37	4
28^th	Bay	PK, KG-12	24	5	12	8	Panama City	Bay County	0.517	35	7
58^th	Bradford	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	3	Starke	Bradford County	0.383	39	19
24^th	Brevard	PK, KG-12	67	12	20	9	Viera	Brevard County	0.548	23	1
23^rd	Broward	PK, KG-12	195	48	62	14	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	0.55	25	2
21^st	Calhoun	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	3	Blountstown	Calhoun County	0.564	18	3
29^th	Charlotte	PK, KG-12	10	4	6	4	Port Charlotte	Charlotte County	0.515	27	2
53^rd	Citrus	PK, KG-12	11	4	7	4	Inverness	Citrus County	0.399	51	2
17^th	Clay	PK, KG-12	30	6	11	8	Green Cove Springs	Clay County	0.576	17
13^th	Collier	PK, KG-12	35	13	18	8	Naples	Collier County	0.603	13
36^th	Columbia	PK, KG-12	8	2	5	2	Lake City	Columbia County	0.484	34	2
70^th	Deaf/Blind	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	St Augustine	St. Johns County	0.138	67	3
68^th	Desoto	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	2	Arcadia	DeSoto County	0.178	66	2
	Dixie	PK, KG-12	4	0	1	2	Cross City	Dixie County			(n/a)
	DJJ District	K-12	0	0	0	1	Tallahassee	Leon County			(n/a)
54^th	Duval	PK, KG-12	126	27	39	9	Jacksonville	Duval County	0.388	54
51^st	Escambia	PK, KG-12	35	10	14	8	Pensacola	Escambia County	0.413	52	1
	Famu Lab School	K-12	0	0	0	2	Tallahassee	Leon County			(n/a)
	Fau Lab School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Boca Raton	Palm Beach County			(n/a)
11^th	Fl Virtual	K-12	1	1	1	0	Orlando	Orange County	0.613	14	3
14^th	Flagler	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	1	Bunnell	Flagler County	0.6	21	7
42^nd	Franklin	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	4	Eastpoint	Franklin County	0.443	55	13
1^st	Fsu Bay	9-12	0	0	1	0	Panama City	Bay County	0.98	1
2^nd	Fsu Lab School	K-12	1	0	0	2	Tallahassee	Leon County	0.915	2
65^th	Gadsden	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	5	Quincy	Gadsden County	0.256	64	1
6^th	Gilchrist	PK, KG-12	3	0	3	0	Trenton	Gilchrist County	0.691	6
16^th	Glades	PK, KG-12	3	0	2	2	Moore Haven	Glades County	0.578	31	15
44^th	Gulf	PK, KG-12	2	0	4	1	Port Saint Joe	Gulf County	0.442	50	6
66^th	Hamilton	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	2	Jasper	Hamilton County	0.253		(n/a)
60^th	Hardee	PK, KG-12	6	0	3	2	Wauchula	Hardee County	0.351	53	7
59^th	Hendry	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	3	Labelle	Hendry County	0.371	60	1
46^th	Hernando	PK, KG-12	14	6	7	5	Brooksville	Hernando County	0.436	48	2
43^rd	Highlands	PK, KG-12	9	4	7	2	Sebring	Highlands County	0.442	43
45^th	Hillsborough	PK, KG-12	179	41	48	21	Tampa	Hillsborough County	0.437	49	4
55^th	Holmes	PK, KG-12	3	0	3	4	Bonifay	Holmes County	0.386	56	1
67^th	Idea Public Schools	K-12	1	0	0	4	Weslaco	Hidalgo County	0.226		(n/a)
7^th	Indian River	PK, KG-12	17	5	4	2	Vero Beach	Indian River County	0.686	7
48^th	Jackson	PK, KG-12	3	1	5	11	Marianna	Jackson County	0.422	29	19
	Jefferson	PK, KG-12	0	0	3	3	Monticello	Jefferson County			(n/a)
	Lafayette	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	1	Mayo	Lafayette County			(n/a)
32^nd	Lake	PK, KG-12	31	9	14	6	Tavares	Lake County	0.495	30	2
56^th	Lee	PK, KG-12	61	18	33	6	Fort Myers	Lee County	0.386	59	3
39^th	Leon	PK, KG-12	29	8	12	5	Tallahassee	Leon County	0.457	47	8
47^th	Levy	PK, KG-12	6	1	4	4	Bronson	Levy County	0.436	36	11
18^th	Liberty	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	4	Bristol	Liberty County	0.575	15	3
64^th	Madison	PK, KG-12	5	0	2	4	Madison	Madison County	0.299	63	1
40^th	Manatee	PK, KG-12	44	12	14	10	Bradenton	Manatee County	0.455	41	1
63^rd	Marion	PK, KG-12	36	10	12	3	Ocala	Marion County	0.333	62	1
35^th	Martin	PK, KG-12	13	5	9	6	Stuart	Martin County	0.491	33	2
20^th	Miami-Dade	PK, KG-12	290	77	131	28	Miami	Miami-Dade County	0.567	22	2
	Miccosukee Indian School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Miami	Miami-Dade County			(n/a)
19^th	Monroe	PK, KG-12	13	0	11	1	Key West	Monroe County	0.574	16	3
3^rd	Nassau	PK, KG-12	9	3	6	4	Fernandina Beach	Nassau County	0.784	4	1
12^th	Okaloosa	PK, KG-12	21	9	11	8	Fort Walton Beach	Okaloosa County	0.608	12
69^th	Okeechobee	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	3	Okeechobee	Okeechobee County	0.174	65	4
30^th	Orange	PK, KG-12	165	44	52	12	Orlando	Orange County	0.511	32	2
57^th	Osceola	PK, KG-12	47	10	20	8	Kissimmee	Osceola County	0.385	57
33^rd	Palm Beach	PK, KG-12	132	38	51	13	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach County	0.494	38	5
37^th	Pasco	PK, KG-12	60	16	25	5	Land O Lakes	Pasco County	0.482	40	3
15^th	Pinellas	PK, KG-12	90	21	30	12	Largo	Pinellas County	0.585	19	4
61^st	Polk	PK, KG-12	89	25	35	12	Bartow	Polk County	0.346	61
62^nd	Putnam	PK, KG-12	9	1	4	4	Palatka	Putnam County	0.341	58	4
22^nd	Santa Rosa	PK, KG-12	19	7	9	4	Milton	Santa Rosa County	0.562	20	2
9^th	Sarasota	PK, KG-12	31	11	11	6	Sarasota	Sarasota County	0.647	11	2
8^th	Seminole	PK, KG-12	43	12	12	7	Sanford	Seminole County	0.665	9	1
4^th	St. Johns	PK, KG-12	29	7	14	4	St Augustine	St. Johns County	0.774	5	1
38^th	St. Lucie	PK, KG-12	30	4	16	6	Port St Lucie	St. Lucie County	0.466	42	4
26^th	Sumter	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	5	Bushnell	Sumter County	0.541	26
49^th	Suwannee	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	5	Live Oak	Suwannee County	0.416	46	3
31^st	Taylor	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Perry	Taylor County	0.503		(n/a)
5^th	Tsc	9-12	0	0	1	0	Tallahassee	Leon County	0.771	3	2
	Uf Lab School	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	1	Gainesville	Alachua County			(n/a)
27^th	Union	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	2	Lake Butler	Union County	0.54	10	17
34^th	Volusia	PK, KG-12	48	12	14	11	Deland	Volusia County	0.491	28	6
25^th	Wakulla	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	4	Crawfordville	Wakulla County	0.542	24	1
10^th	Walton	PK, KG-12	6	3	8	2	Defuniak Springs	Walton County	0.634	8	2
52^nd	Washington	PK, KG-12	2	2	3	3	Chipley	Washington County	0.411	44	8

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