For the second 12 months, Palm Seaside County colleges have been shut out of Top 100 in U.S. Information & World Report’s annual rating of the nation’s finest public excessive colleges.
Dreyfoos College of the Arts overtook Suncoast Excessive College this 12 months because the county’s top-ranked college, clocking in at 109th nationwide. That’s an enchancment from a hundred and fifteenth final 12 months.
However Suncoast fell from 106th to 128th this 12 months. In 2019, the journal ranked Suncoast 88th within the nation.
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Change in ranking system affected county colleges’ rankings
Each colleges as soon as had been routinely ranked within the high 100 nationwide on U.S. Information’s checklist, which debuted in 2007.
However the journal revamped its ranking system in 2019 to position much less emphasis on college-level lessons and extra on how colleges serve poor and minority college students.
Underneath the brand new ranking system, each colleges have fallen however stay among the many nation’s highest.
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Boca-area, Jupiter excessive colleges place in U.S. Information rankings
Placing apart the college district’s two application-only tutorial powerhouses, Boca Raton-area colleges took the highest native spots on the U.S. Information checklist.
Spanish River Excessive earned the 729th spot, Boca Raton Excessive was listed at 865th and West Boca Raton Excessive clocked in at 1,425th. All three rose within the nationwide rankings in comparison with final 12 months.
The one different county college to fee within the high 2,000 was Jupiter Excessive, which rated at 1,593.
U.S. Information’ decide because the nation’s high public highschool? Thomas Jefferson Excessive College for Science and Know-how in Alexandria, Va.
The highest-ranked Florida college was the College for Superior Research in Miami.
