The Best High Schools

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  Posted By: motherofmultiples @ 07/25/2008 12:47:04 AM

  I too live in Jacksonville, FL and our children attend Paxon School for Advanced Studies. It is ranked #8 on the Newsweek list and is an outstanding school. I agree, however, that other than Stanton and Paxon, the high school education in Jax, FL is a disgrace. The drop-out rate in this city is over 50%. What irony to have two nationally ranked high schools and such a dismal graduation rate all in the same city. Florida needs to get their educational act together.

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  Posted By: jwjdesi92 @ 05/23/2008 10:17:15 PM

  I am from Jacksonville, too and i can promise you that not all our high schools are bad. Stanton, for example, is a very difficult school, and soars above the state standards. We now require even freshmen to take an AP course (AP world) that is traditionally only taken by seniors.

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  Posted By: dianne9h @ 05/20/2008 6:12:17 PM

  I agree that the methodology used is very flawed! I am a teacher in Jacksonville, FL and have also taught in in Orlando and Osceola counties as well as the state of NY. I can say, with experience that the education in NY is much more difficult, advanced and well rounded than it is here in Fl. My neighborhood HS fared very well on this list however I wouold not send my dog to public school in the state of FL. Their education leaves much to be desired. I hope people will do further research when deciding where to move to to gain a good education for their children. You won't find it here in FL!