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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 844)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
341	Cottondale High School	Public	6-12	2680 Levy St	Cottondale	32431	Jackson County	Jackson	No	No	No	Yes	(850) 482-9821	419	26	16.1	47.0%	292 (69.7%)	76 (18.1%)	20 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.7%)	$11,223			$1,268			$9,955	49.6	45.9	353	12		120096001075
342	Stranahan High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	1800 SW 5th Pl	Fort Lauderdale	33312	Broward County	Broward	No	Yes	No	No	(754) 323-2100	1,286	53	24.2	49.8%	53 (4.1%)	794 (61.7%)	399 (31.0%)	15 (1.2%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (1.5%)	$11,333			$804			$10,530	49.5	34.2	485	143		120018000157
343	River Ridge High School	Public	9-12	11646 Town Center Rd	New Port Richey	34654	Pasco County	Pasco	No	No	No	No	(727) 774-7200	1,798	79	22.6	26.5%	1,281 (71.2%)	60 (3.3%)	303 (16.9%)	53 (2.9%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	97 (5.4%)	$9,596			$358			$9,237	49.4	51.2	289	54		120153002882
344	Acceleration West	Public	7-12	2751 Lake Stanley Rd	Orlando	32818	Orange County	Orange	No	No	No	Yes	(407) 521-2358	246	22	11.1	58.9%	21 (8.5%)	82 (33.3%)	139 (56.5%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$25,949			$1,449			$24,500	49.2	44.7	370	26		120144008097
345	East River High	Public	9-12	650 East River Falcons Way	Orlando	32833	Orange County	Orange	No	No	No	No	(407) 956-8550	2,026	88	23	38.1%	674 (33.3%)	247 (12.2%)	940 (46.4%)	79 (3.9%)	6 (0.3%)	11 (0.5%)	69 (3.4%)	$10,064			$599			$9,465	49.1	43.7	381	36		120144007614
346	Ronald W. Reagan/Doral Senior High School	Public	8-12	8600 NW 107th Ave	Doral	33178	Miami-Dade County	Miami-Dade	No	No	No	No	(305) 805-1900	1,288	49	26.2	17.8%	45 (3.5%)	18 (1.4%)	1,207 (93.7%)	15 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$10,588			$1,042			$9,546	49.1	48	326	20		120039004726
347	Fort Walton Beach High School	Public	9-12	400 Hollywood Blvd SW	Fort Walton Beach	32548	Okaloosa County	Okaloosa	No	No	No	No	(850) 833-3300	1,550	71	21.7	46.3%	814 (52.5%)	212 (13.7%)	319 (20.6%)	47 (3.0%)	8 (0.5%)	7 (0.5%)	143 (9.2%)	$9,708			$143			$9,565	49.1	51.1	290	57		120138001351
348	Freedom High	Public	9-12	2500 Taft Vineland Rd	Orlando	32837	Orange County	Orange	No	No	No	No	(407) 816-5600	2,504	109	22.9	26.4%	412 (16.5%)	207 (8.3%)	1,673 (66.8%)	161 (6.4%)	1 (0.0%)	10 (0.4%)	40 (1.6%)	$9,332			$576			$8,756	48.8	45.3	357	9		120144004117
349	Youth County-Op Preparatory High School	Public, Charter	9-12	7700 W 20th Ave	Hialeah	33016	Miami-Dade County	Miami-Dade	Yes	No	No	Yes	(305) 819-8855	240	10	24	72.1%	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	236 (98.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,167			$414			$9,752	48.8	52.1	274	75		120039008125
350	Victory Charter School Tampa 6-12	Public, Charter	6-12	13901 Sheldon Rd	Tampa	33625	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(813) 551-2144	145	3	48.3	11.7%	28 (19.3%)	4 (2.8%)	101 (69.7%)	7 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (2.8%)	$6,666			$00			$6,666	48.7	34.3	484	134		120087010671

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on EOC Algebra 1, EOC Geometry, EOC Biology 1, EOC US History, FAST English Language Arts, EOC Civics test scores released by the Florida Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on June 26, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Florida Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Florida Department of Education.
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