New Report Ranks Florida’s Best School Districts

Niche has ranked Florida’s best school districts for 2019 and the St. Johns County School District is the No.1 school district in the state. Sarasota County Schools ranked second.

The rankings were released this week by Niche as part of its 2019 K-12 rankings. Niche ranked a total of 67 school districts in Florida. Others in the top five were Seminole County Public Schools, Collier County Public Schools and the Okaloosa County School District.

Hillsborough County Public Schools, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and Pinellas County Schools each received a B grade. The Pasco County School District and the Manatee County School District each received a B - grade. Polk County Public Schools received a C + grade.

Here are the top school districts in Florida that received a minimum Niche grade of B:

St. Johns County School District
Sarasota County Schools
Seminole County Public Schools
Collier County Public Schools
Okaloosa County School District
Martin County School District
Indian River County School District
Leon County Schools
Brevard Public Schools
Nassau County School District
Alachua County Public Schools
Pinellas County Schools
Clay County School District
Charlotte County Public Schools
Hillsborough County Public Schools
Santa Rosa County School District
Sumter School District
Marion County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Palm Beach County School District

You can see the full list of Florida's best school districts here.

According to Niche, the Jericho Union Free School District in Jericho, New York, is the best school district in the country overall. With an overall Niche grade of A+, the district received a grade of A+ in academics, teachers, clubs and activities, college prep and health and safety. In the category of diversity, Niche awarded the school district a B+.

To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

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