April 26, 2001 — U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in education rankings, just released their 2021 Best High Schools list. The report included data on nearly 24,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia and measured how well schools serve students from various social and economic backgrounds as well as academic achievement.
Of the top 100 public high schools in Florida, 21% are public charter schools and 10 are Academica-serviced schools.
Archimedean Upper Conservatory Charter School, Miami Dade
International Studies Charter High School, Miami Archimedean Upper Conservatory, Miami Dade
Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy, Miami Dade
Somerset Arts Conservatory, Pembroke Pines
Doral Academy Charter High School, Miami Dade
Mater Academy East Charter High School, Miami Dade
Orlando Science Middle High Charter, Orlando
Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High, Miami Dade
Mater Academy Charter High, Hialeah Gardens
iMater Preparatory Academy High School, Hialeah
Pembroke Pines Charter High School, Broward
Somerset Academy Charter High, Broward
Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School, Hillsborough
Mason Classical Academy, Collier
Mater Academy Lakes High School, Miami Dade
North Bay Haven Career Academy, Bay
Florida State University School, Lab School/Duval
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School, Pinellas
Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores, Miami Dade
Collegiate High School at Northwest Florida State, Okaloosa
River City Science Academy, Duval
Public charter schools have been a vital part of Florida’s K-12 system of public education for 25 years. Their innovative learning environments and collaborative partnership between teachers and parents have helped raise academic achievement and graduation rates,
A Florida Department of Education charter school performance report (March 2019) shows that students in charter schools outperformed their peers in traditional schools in nearly every category — especially minority students. Using 2017-18 school year data, Student Achievement in Florida’s Charter Schools: A Comparison of the Performance of Charter School Students with Traditional Public School Students compared achievement, learning gains, and achievement gaps across a variety of subgroups and grade levels. The statutorily mandated report is based on more than 4.2 million test scores and makes 195 comparisons of academic success between students attending charter schools and students attending traditional public schools.
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