Top 100 FL High Schools For Sports Ranked In New Report

Sports are a key part of high school for many students across the United States, and Florida is no exception.

Niche, which ranks schools yearly on academics, recently released its list ranking Florida's high schools based on which are the best for athletics. The 2026 rankings cover 984 Florida high schools; the top 100 are listed below.

The Niche rankings are based on several factors, including the number of sports offered, the number of students participating in sports and the school's enrollment in grades 9-12.

Reviews on Niche posted by parents and students are weighted heavily in the data; they account for 50 percent of the score. State championships won by the schools factor in, as well, with 10 percent of the score coming from that category. (Niche's methodology)

The top 100 schools are listed below, with their overall Niche score, their sports score and the number of sports offered at the school. (Full list).

1. St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Fort Lauderdale, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A+, Total number of sports: 30
2. Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A+, Total number of sports: 15
3. The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A+, Total number of sports: 27
4. Jesuit High School, Tampa, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A+, Total number of sports: not available
5. Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A+, Total number of sports: 16
6. Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A+, Total number of sports: not available
7. Montverde Academy, Montverde, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A+, Total number of sports: 21
8. Cardinal Gibbons High School, Fort Lauderdale, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A+, Total number of sports: not available
9. American Heritage Schools, Broward Campus, Plantation, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 20
10. Westminster Academy, Fort Lauderdale, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 22
11. Calvary Christian High School, Clearwater, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 23
12. Tampa Catholic School, Tampa, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: not available
13. Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 17
14. Ponte Vedra High School, Ponte Vedra Beach, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 35
15. Venice High School, Sarasota, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 28
16. Niceville Senior High School, Niceville, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 32
17. North Broward Preparatory School, Coconut Creek, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 25
18. Bishop Verot Catholic High School, Fort Myers, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 26
19. Naples High School, Naples, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 26
20. Clearwater Central Catholic High School, Clearwater, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 24
21. Madison County High School, Danielsville, Overall Niche Grade: B, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 16
22. The King's Academy, West Palm Beach, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 28
23. The Benjamin School, North Palm Beach, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: not available
24. Gulliver Preparatory School, Pinecrest, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 19
25. Lake Mary High School, Lake Mary, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 30
26. Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 30
27. Seminole High School, Sanford, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 29
28. Bishop Moore Catholic High School, Orlando, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 34
29. Saint Andrew's School, Boca Raton, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 19
30. Bartram Trail High School, St. Johns, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 23
31. Bishop Kenny High School, Jacksonville, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 24
32. Trinity Christian Academy, Jacksonville, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 12
33. NSU University School, Davie, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 23
34. Apopka High School, Apopka, Overall Niche Grade: B+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 37
35. Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, Melbourne, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 21
36. Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Miami, Overall Niche Grade: C+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 16
37. Cocoa High School, Cocoa, Overall Niche Grade: C+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 29
38. Pensacola Catholic High School, Pensacola, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: not available
39. Dr. Phillips High School, Orlando, Overall Niche Grade: B+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 36
40. William M. Raines High School, Jacksonville, Overall Niche Grade: C, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 23
41. Flagler-Palm Coast High School, Palm Coast, Overall Niche Grade: B+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 27
42. Victory Christian Academy, Lakeland, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: not available
43. Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School, Southwest Ranches, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 35
44. Vero Beach High School, Vero Beach, Overall Niche Grade: B+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 27
45. Jones High School, Orlando, Overall Niche Grade: C+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 26
46. Lakeland Senior High School, Lakeland, Overall Niche Grade: B+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 26
47. Chaminade Madonna College Preparatory School, Hollywood, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 21
48. Shorecrest Preparatory School, St. Petersburg, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 31
49. John Carroll High School, Fort Pearce, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 22
50. Duncan U. Fletcher High School, Neptune Beach, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 26
51. Mandarin High School, Jacksonville, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 27
52. Canterbury School, Fort Myers, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 14
53. Osceola High School, Kissimmee, Overall Niche Grade: B-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 26
54. Miami Central Senior High School, Miami, Overall Niche Grade: C+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 16
55. West Orange High School, Winter Garden, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 40
56. Merritt Island High School, Merritt Island, Overall Niche Grade: B+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 31
57. Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 27
58. Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Miami, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: not available
59. Glades Central High School, Belle Glade, Overall Niche Grade: B-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 26
60. Rockledge Senior High School, Rockledge, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 28
61. Pahokee Middle/Senior High School, Pahokee, Overall Niche Grade: B, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 19
62. Orangewood Christian School, Maitland, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 30
63. Ransom Everglades School, Coconut Grove, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 27
64. Oxbridge Academy, West Palm Beach, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 25
65. Winter Park High School, Winter Park, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 40
66. Edgewater High School, Orlando, Overall Niche Grade: B+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 36
67. Creekside High School, St. Johns, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 23
68. Mainland High School, Daytona Beach, Overall Niche Grade: B-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 22
69. Armwood High School, Seffner, Overall Niche Grade: B-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 23
70. Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 30
71. William T. Dwyer High School, Palm Beach Gardens, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 33
72. Posnack Jewish Day School, Davie, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 25
73. Lakeland Christian School, Lakeland, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 22
74. Providence School, Jacksonville, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 22
75. Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School, Fort Meade, Overall Niche Grade: B, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 17
76. Western High School, Davie, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 29
77. F.W. Buchholz High School, Gainesville, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 28
78. A. Crawford Mosley High School, Lynn Haven, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 21
79. Boca Raton Community High School, Boca Raton, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 37
80. Lake Wales Senior High School, Lake Wales, Overall Niche Grade: B+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 24
81. Hawthorne Middle/High School, Hawthorne, Overall Niche Grade: B-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 14
82. Riverview High School, Sarasota, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 25
83. James W. Mitchell High School, Trinity, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 28
84. Evangelical Christian School, Fort Myers, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: not available
85. Miami Southridge Senior High School, Miami, Overall Niche Grade: B-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 22
86. Jupiter High School, Jupiter, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 37
87. Dunbar High School, Fort Myers, Overall Niche Grade: B-, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 22
88. The First Academy, Orlando, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 24
89. St. Augustine High School, St. Augustine, Overall Niche Grade: B+, Sports: A, Total number of sports: 26
90. Community School of Naples, Naples, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: 28
91. Gulf Breeze High School, Gulf Breeze, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: 23
92. Cambridge Christian School, Tampa, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: 20
93. Alonso High School, Tampa, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: 25
94. Aucilla Christian Academy, Monticello, Overall Niche Grade: C-, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: not available
95. Jensen Beach High School, Jensen Beach, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: 24
96. Choctawhatchee Senior High School, Fort Walton Beach, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: 26
97. Newsome High School, Lithia, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: 23
98. Fleming Island High School, Fleming Island, Overall Niche Grade: A, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: 24
99. Timber Creek High School, Orlando, Overall Niche Grade: A+, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: 38
100. University Christian School, Jacksonville, Overall Niche Grade: A-, Sports: A-, Total number of sports: 16