{"id":221947,"date":"2026-08-25T18:51:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/south-florida-high-schools-among-most-highly-ranked-in-state-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T18:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:51:43","slug":"south-florida-high-schools-among-most-highly-ranked-in-state-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/south-florida-high-schools-among-most-highly-ranked-in-state-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida high schools among most highly ranked in state &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Florida high schools are among the most highly ranked in the state, according to U.S. News &#038; World Report.<br \/>The publication recently released its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-high-schools?src=usn_pr\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>2026-2027 rankings of the best high schools<\/a>, nationally and broken down by state \u2014 five of the top 10 in Florida are located in Miami-Dade County, the country&#8217;s third-largest school district, while one is located in Palm Beach County.<br \/>According to U.S. News &#038; World Report, the publication ranked schools based on &#8220;<a href=https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-high-schools\/articles\/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>six factors based on their performance on state assessments<\/a> and how well they prepare students for college.&#8221;<br \/>Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST@FIU), located on Florida International University&#8217;s Biscayne Bay campus, was second among Florida public schools, beat only by Pine View School in Osprey. Nationally, MAST@FIU ranked 31st, while Pine View School ranked 13th.<br \/>Miami&#8217;s Archimedean Upper Conservatory Charter School was fourth on the list in Florida, while Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy, located in Hialeah, placed sixth. Nationally, the schools ranked 39th and 55th, respectively.<br \/>Suncoast Community High School, located in Riviera Beach, placed eighth in Florida and 81st nationally.<br \/>I Preparatory Academy, located in Miami, was ninth on the list and 86th nationally, while Terra Environmental Research Institute, also in Miami, placed 10th in Florida and 87th nationally.<br \/><em>Sarah Perkel is a South Florida Connect Reporter for the USA TODAY Network&#8217;s Florida Connect team. You can get all of Florida\u2019s best content directly in your inbox each weekday day by signing up for the free newsletter,<\/em> <a href=https:\/\/profile.news-journalonline.com\/newsletters\/manage\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a><em>Florida TODAY<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPbkVpa1dmM3d6NjJ5eXM3eVM4bWcyMFQwaGg4Q3pvandnUGh1T09lZHZ5UVpOVkZwU1AwblJLV0NXNU9ZTldKMmVxMUJOalgyaW5vSlhWcTcycGNpVmkxRllpNnY1aTdiM0RGYWFsUDBxeFVydVhycDk2Tlh3QmNPZG9qWC11S01DMFdHaEdaMnQ4LTBEVm83aExXM1lHOHgtZ193anBsYzdsSk01em1sMkx2cGZWX0JDQjNaQTE5Tzk?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Florida high schools are among the most highly ranked in the state, according to U.S. News &#038; World Report.The publication recently released its\u00a02026-2027 rankings of the best high schools, nationally and broken down by state \u2014 five of the top 10 in Florida are located in Miami-Dade County, the country&#8217;s third-largest school district, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}