[markhunt]

For anyone interested:

Best High Schools: State by State Statistics - US News and World Report

[beachmouse]

While their metholdology has improved somewhat over the years, a lot of the underlying assumptions they use for school quality haven't changed much from the times when they'd call a school one of the 50 best in the country at the same time when the school was getting a C or D grade from the Florida Department of Education.

[MiamiRob]

from the list:

#5: Design and Architectural Senior High
Miami, FL

#7 International Baccalaureate School at BHS
Bartow, FL

#11 Pine View School
Osprey, FL

#43 Stanton College Preparatory
Jacksonville, FL

#58 Westshore Junior/Senior High School
Melbourne, FL

#61 Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, FL

#72 Paxon School/Advanced Studies
Jacksonville, FL

#82 Suncoast Community High School
Riviera Beach, FL

#86 Maritime & Science Technology Academy
Miami, FL

9 Florida high schools recieved the Gold medal out of 100 nationwide which is not to shabby.