ICYMI: Florida's Best Public High Schools Named

When it comes to graduation rates, college readiness, test scores and other important factors that define educational quality, some high schools perform better than others.

To identify those with a propensity to do public education right on the high school level, the website Niche.com looked at such factors as SAT/ACT scores, teacher quality and college readiness to develop rankings for public high schools across the country and the state.

Its 2016 Best Public High Schools in Florida rankings were recently released. No schools from the Tampa Bay area managed to crack the Top 10, but many made the grade in the Top 100 rankings. Here’s a look at the local schools that made the final cut:

• St. Petersburg Collegiate High School, St. Petersburg, No. 17
• Plant High, Tampa, No. 19
• Strawberry Crest, Plant City, No. 38
• Steinbrenner High School, Keystone, No. 42
• Palm Harbor University High School, Palm Harbor, No. 45
• Bloomingdale High, Bloomingdale, No. 47
• Newsome High, Lithia, No. 50
• Sickles High, Tampa, No. 52
• St. Petersburg High, St. Petersburg, No. 85
• Brooks DeBartolo, Tampa, No. 93
• Polk State College Collegiate High, Lakeland, No. 95

To check out the full rankings, visit Niche.com online. To find out how local elementary schools ranked, check out “Florida’s 2016 Best Public Elementary Schools Named.”

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