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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have friends who moved to Niceville, which has a highly rated school district (Okaloosa County). We have other friends in Walton County, which is next door.

I can only speak to High School, but Niceville High and South Walton are pretty on par with any DC public as far as academic rigor, AP offerings etc. The quality of teachers is hit or miss. Salaries are low and the COL has increased significantly in those area over the past few years due to COVID. Lots of teachers leaving mid-year etc

The HUGE benefit of sending your kids to school in FL is the Bright Futures scholarship, which has a variety of tiers to subsidize college.  With a minimum 3.5 GPA and a certain amount of volunteer hours, you can get a full ride to a state university. Even with a 3.0, you can get 75% tuition paid for.

The people I know who have kids in HS take a very practical approach to the education process. One is pre-law, the other pre-med, so they are checking the boxes to get into a University and then continue their education. They aren't worried too much about the day-to-day goings on at school. HS is a means to an end.

Lots of engineering/STEM majors working the AP classes to get into UF, much as any DMV kids would do.

That said, the Northwest part of Florida is also essentially the south, so they do fun things like big homecoming weekends and Friday Night football games etc if that is your thing.

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Op here!  Thanks for this reply!  Very appreciative!  Had absolutely no idea about bright futures!  Sounds amazing.  Thanks for sharing [/quote]

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