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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
81	Clay Virtual Franchise	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2306 Kingsley Ave	Orange Park	32073	Clay County	Clay	No	No	Yes	No	(904) 336-9875	107	25	4.2	29.9%	76 (71.0%)	10 (9.3%)	13 (12.1%)	3 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.7%)	$6,591			$358			$6,234	79	75	102	21		120030007840
82	Paxon School/Advanced Studies	Public, Magnet	9-12	3239 Norman E Thagard Blvd	Jacksonville	32254	Duval County	Duval	No	Yes	No	No	(904) 693-7583	1,278	61	20.9	27.2%	312 (24.4%)	639 (50.0%)	137 (10.7%)	107 (8.4%)	10 (0.8%)	6 (0.5%)	67 (5.2%)	$9,569			$1,476			$8,092	78.9	82	58	24		120048000671
83	Cypress Bay High School	Public	9-12	18600 Vista Park Blvd	Weston	33332	Broward County	Broward	No	No	No	No	(754) 323-0350	4,579	184	24.9	8.8%	907 (19.8%)	157 (3.4%)	3,059 (66.8%)	374 (8.2%)	6 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	73 (1.6%)	$9,608			$472			$9,135	78.9	78.4	75	8		120018003815
84	Plant High School	Public	9-12	2415 S Himes Ave	Tampa	33629	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	No	(813) 272-3033	2,391	86	27.8	14.3%	1,576 (65.9%)	155 (6.5%)	427 (17.9%)	91 (3.8%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	135 (5.6%)	$8,739			$661			$8,078	78.8	78.3	77	7		120087000999
85	Charter High School Of The Americas (Florida City Campus)	Public, Charter	9-12	103 East Lucy St	Florida City	33034	Miami-Dade County	Miami-Dade	Yes	No	No	Yes	(305) 242-3330	48	3	16	56.3%	0 (0.0%)	6 (12.5%)	42 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,634			$604			$9,031	78.5	50	301	216		120039008703
86	Crooms Academy Of Information Technology	Public, Magnet	9-12	2200 W 13th St	Sanford	32771	Seminole County	Seminole	No	Yes	No	No	(407) 320-5750	738	36	20.5	39.8%	305 (41.3%)	90 (12.2%)	247 (33.5%)	62 (8.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.3%)	$10,928			$476			$10,452	78.3	75.2	99	13		120171002533
87	Cedar Key High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	951 Whiddon Ave	Cedar Key	32625	Levy County	Levy	No	No	No	Yes	(352) 543-5223	202	17	12.2	63.4%	182 (90.1%)	4 (2.0%)	7 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.0%)	$20,437			$1,646			$18,790	77.8	69.6	135	48		120114001198
88	Spanish River Community High School	Public, Magnet	6-12	5100 Jog Rd	Boca Raton	33496	Palm Beach County	Palm Beach	No	Yes	No	No	(561) 241-2200	2,730	136	20.1	18.6%	1,492 (54.7%)	180 (6.6%)	842 (30.8%)	102 (3.7%)	18 (0.7%)	1 (0.0%)	95 (3.5%)	$12,285			$388			$11,896	77.8	77.2	84	4		120150002383
89	Cutler Bay Senior High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	8601 SW 212th St	Cutler Bay	33189	Miami-Dade County	Miami-Dade	No	Yes	No	No	(305) 235-1581	590	28	21	29.7%	72 (12.2%)	26 (4.4%)	472 (80.0%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	$13,020			$560			$12,460	77.7	80.8	63	26		120039000547
90	Q.I. Roberts Junior - Senior High School	Public	7-12	901 State Road 100	Florahome	32140	Putnam County	Putnam	No	No	No	Yes	(386) 659-1737	537	26	20.6	35.2%	355 (66.1%)	63 (11.7%)	65 (12.1%)	15 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (7.1%)	$11,161			$1,598			$9,563	77.7	76	92	2		120162004140

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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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