Niche.com, a site designed to rank schools and neighborhoods nationwide, recently ranked Seminole County Public Schools as the second best of all of Florida's 67 school districts. Seminole was second only to St. Johns County in the St. Augustine area. 

Overall rankings were based on ten categories, including academics, college readiness, health and safety, teachers, diversity, food, sports, resources and facilities, and clubs and activities. 

Other Central Florida district rankings include:

Orange County - 28

Osceola County - 38

Volusia County - 39

Lake County - 44

Seminole County Lands 5 Schools in Top 10

There is more good news for Seminole County homeowners. The school rating website niche.com has released its list of the top 100 public elementary schools in the state of Florida. Seminole County, long recognized for having one of the best school systems in the state, had a state-high five schools in the top ten and eleven schools in the top 25.

Rankings were based on teacher quality, state test scores, student diversity, student-teacher ratio, and overall quality of the district.

Seminole County elementary schools making the top 25 were:

 4. Heathrow Elementary - Lake Mary

 5. Carillon Elementary - Oviedo

 7. Lawton Elementary - Oviedo

 8. Sabal Point Elementary - Longwood

 9. Partin Elementary - Oviedo

11. Choices in Learning - Winter Springs

12. Wekiva Elementary - Longwood

15. Evans Elementary - Oviedo

16. Crystal Lake Elementary - Lake Mary

20. Wilson Elementary - Sanford

25. Walker Elementary - Oviedo/Chuluota

The entire list can be seen at https://k12.niche.com/rankings/public-elementary-schools/best-overall/s/florida/