These FL School Districts Have The Best Teachers: New Report
Patch | By Deb Belt | June 3, 2025
Florida’s school districts were ranked in Niche’s tally of more than 11,000 school districts nationwide. Which has the best teachers?
FLORIDA — The teachers in the Calhoun County Public Schools have been ranked as the best in Florida in Niche’s 2025 Best Schools and Districts rankings compiled this week.
Niche provides profiles, reviews, ratings, and personalized recommendations for K-12 schools, colleges, universities, cities, and towns. The website ranked more than 11,000 school districts nationwide.
The rankings were based on student and parent ratings of teachers, teacher salaries, teacher absenteeism, teacher tenure, student-teacher ratio, and the Niche Academics Grade for the district. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.
Calhoun County Public Schools has 2,051 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 20 to 1. According to state test scores, 52 percent of students are at least proficient in math and 50 percent in reading.
In addition to earning A letter grades for its teachers and academics, Calhoun County schools also received an A- for college prep.
A district’s grade for academics was weighted most highly among all the factors in consideration for the teachers score.
Here are the top school districts for teachers in Florida and their overall teachers grades:
- Calhoun County School District, A
- Gulf County Schools, A
- Washington County School District, B+
- Suwannee County Schools, B+
- Holmes County School District, B+
- Jackson County Schools, B+
- Clay County School District, B+
- Lafayette School District, B+
- Nassau County School District, B+
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools, B+
- Martin County School District, B
- St. Johns County School District, B
- Indian River County School District, B
- Columbia County School District, B
- Collier County Public Schools, B
- Pinellas County Schools, B
- Sarasota County Schools, B
- Marion County Public Schools, B
- Taylor County School District, B
- Liberty County School District, B
The best teachers in America in 2025 are working in the Mariemont City Schools, in Cincinnati, OH, according to Niche. Rye City School teachers, in New York’s nearby Westchester County, came in second.
