HIGH SCHOOLS ALONG THE I-4 CORRIDOR CITED FOR EXCELLENCE

Newsweek magazine has released it's ranking of the top 1,200 public high schools nationwide when it comes to preparing students for college, and quite a number along the I-4 corridor were included in the prestigious list, including several ranked very high.

While we all can agree that there is still much to do when it comes to improving our public educational system, it's nice to know that a good many in Florida were cited for their excellence.

The number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2006 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 5 percent of public schools measured this way.

Here is a list along the I-4 Corridor:

RANK ----- SCHOOL ----------------------------- CITY
022 ----- Center for Advanced Technologies ------ St. Petersburg
026 ----- Hillsborough High -----------------------Tampa
039 ----- C. Leon King Magnet --------------------Tampa
054 ----- Spruce Creek ----------------------------Port Orange
064 ----- H.B. Plant -------------------------------Tampa
065 ----- Cocoa Beach -----------------------------Cocoa Beach
066 ----- St. Petersburg ---------------------------St. Petersburg
086 ----- Cypress Creek ---------------------------Orlando
142 ----- Seminole ---------------------------------Sanford
160 ----- University -------------------------------Orlando
167 ----- Bartow -----------------------------------Bartow
191 ----- Lake Brantley ----------------------------Altamonte Springs
229 ----- Winter Park ------------------------------Winter Park
236 ----- Lake Mary -------------------------------Lake Mary
264 ----- Olympia ----------------------------------Orlando
307 ----- Melbourne --------------------------------Melbourne
340 ----- Oak Ridge --------------------------------Orlando
341 ----- Deland ------------------------------------Deland
352 ----- Bloomingdale -----------------------------Valrico
359 ----- Winter Springs ---------------------------Winter Springs
376 ----- Chamberlain ------------------------------Tampa
417 ----- Lyman ------------------------------------Longwood
440 ----- Timber Creek ----------------------------Orlando
441 ----- Palm Harbor University ------------------Palm Harbor
458 ----- Lake Howell ------------------------------Winter Park
470 ----- Seabreeze --------------------------------Daytona Beach
473 ----- Oviedo -----------------------------------Oviedo
476 ----- Land O'Lakes ----------------------------Land O'Lakes
484 ----- Southeast --------------------------------Bradenton
506 ----- Eastlake ---------------------------------Tarpon Springs
525 ----- Ridgeview -------------------------------Orange Park
536 ----- Freedom --------------------------------Tampa
615 ----- Braulio Alonso ---------------------------Tampa
641 ----- Plant City --------------------------------Plant City
712 ----- Gateway ---------------------------------Kissimmee
722 ----- Gaither ----------------------------------Tampa
787 ----- Satellite ----------------------------------Satellite Beach
823 ----- Dr. Phillips -------------------------------Orlando
846 ----- Merritt Island ----------------------------Merritt Island
859 ----- Tampa Bay Tech -------------------------Tampa
956 ----- Sickles -----------------------------------Tampa
992 ----- Boone ------------------------------------Orlando
1038 ---- Celebration ------------------------------Celebration
1057 ---- Wharton ---------------------------------Tampa
1084 ---- Robinson ---------------------------------Tampa
1117 ---- Freedom ---------------------------------Orlando
1164 ---- Pembroke Pines Charter -----------------Pembroke Pines