Miami

Best Miami suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·60 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Sunshine State Arch, Miami Gardens FL
Miami Gardens$379k median · 32.1 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living B−Residents inactive
66
Schools score
overall 48 D+
2
Westchester, FL
Westchester$509k median · 29.6 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living B−Residents inactive
66
Schools score
overall 59 C
3
West Little River$375k median · 30.9 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living BResidents inactive
66
Schools score
overall 50 D+
4
Biscayne Gardens$415k median · 29.5 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living B+Residents inactive
66
Schools score
overall 52 D+
5
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Riviera Beach$355k median · 24.7 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living B−Residents inactive
65
Schools score
overall 52 D+
6
Greenacres$291k median · 29.9 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living B+Residents inactive
65
Schools score
overall 50 D+
7
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Lake Worth Beach$401k median · 26.8 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living BResidents inactive
65
Schools score
overall 53 C−
8
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Miami$518k median · 27.3 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living B−Residents inactive
64
Schools score
overall 61 C
9
Lake At Miccosukee Golf & Country Club
Kendale Lakes$405k median · 32.8 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living B+Residents inactive
64
Schools score
overall 58 C
10
Tamiami suburb.
Tamiami$482k median · 32.7 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living BResidents inactive
64
Schools score
overall 58 C
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Miami Gardens (Pietro · CC BY-SA 3.0); Westchester (Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0); Riviera Beach (formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0); Lake Worth Beach (Elisa.rolle · CC BY-SA 4.0); Miami (Averette · CC BY 3.0); Kendale Lakes (Ven-Lib · CC BY-SA 4.0); Tamiami (Livan13 · CC BY-SA 4.0).