Florida schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND · POLK | Middle | 28.2% | -28.9pp |
| 552 | HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE · DUVAL | Middle | 28.1% | -29.0pp |
| 553 | JOSE DE DIEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI · MIAMI-DADE | Middle | 28.0% | -29.1pp |
| 554 | WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE · DUVAL | Middle | 27.7% | -29.4pp |
| 555 | MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI SPRINGS · MIAMI-DADE | Middle | 27.3% | -29.8pp |
| 556 | PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA · HILLSBOROUGH | Middle | 27.2% | -29.9pp |
| 557 | W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL BRADENTON · MANATEE | Middle | 27.2% | -29.9pp |
| 558 | ELECTA LEE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL BRADENTON · MANATEE | Middle | 27.1% | -30.1pp |
| 559 | YOUNG MENS/WOMENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT EUGENE J BUTLER JACKSONVILLE · DUVAL | Middle | 26.5% | -30.6pp |
| 560 | SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND · POLK | Middle | 26.4% | -30.7pp |
| 561 | ALFRED I. DUPONT MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE · DUVAL | Middle | 25.0% | -32.1pp |
| 562 | GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE · LEON | Middle | 25.0% | -32.1pp |
| 563 | JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL QUINCY · GADSDEN | Middle | 24.4% | -32.7pp |
| 564 | MATTHEW W. GILBERT MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE · DUVAL | Middle | 23.8% | -33.3pp |
| 565 | SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE · DUVAL | Middle | 22.1% | -35.0pp |
| 566 | ARLINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE · DUVAL | Middle | 19.6% | -37.5pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the FAST / B.E.S.T. % at Level 3 or Above threshold on the latest available FAST / B.E.S.T. English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Florida, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.