Ransom Everglades School

Miami · FL · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

At a glance

Academic signals
  • ACT avg 31
  • APCollege-level courses with a national exam each May. A score of 3+ "passes" and can earn college credit; the pass rate tells you whether a school's AP program has substance behind the course list. exam pass rate 86%

Composed from the school's own published profile (2024), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Ransom Everglades School compares for families

What families should know about Ransom Everglades School.

  • LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mca Academy, Brito Miami Private School, Mlc Preparatory Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

University of Florida

24%
admit rate
$6,381
in-state tuition/yr · $28,659 out-of-state
1300–1480
SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Pay for college in Florida

Florida's public scholarships

Florida's Bright Futures pays 75–100% of in-state tuition by tier, based on GPA, test scores, and community-service hours. We built a calculator that checks the exact thresholds for you.

Merit Bright Futures (FAS & FMS)
75%–100% of in-state public-college tuition (by tier)
GPA: 3.0 weighted (Medallion) / 3.5 weighted (Academic Scholar) Test: SAT/ACT + community-service hours (varies by tier) Income: No income limit

Florida's merit scholarship pays 75–100% of in-state tuition by tier. Use our Bright Futures calculator for the exact GPA, test, and service-hour cutoffs. (Use our Bright Futures calculator for exact GPA, test & service thresholds.)

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Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.

Their published matriculation list

Where the Classes of 2020-24 enrolled

Ransom Everglades School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 43 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

College  ·  Students

New York University 41
Tulane University of Louisiana 32
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 30
Southern Methodist University 24
University of Miami 23
University of Florida 20
University of Pennsylvania 20
Babson College 19
Florida State University 18
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 16
Boston College 15
Cornell University 15
Washington University in St Louis 15
Northeastern University 14
University of Chicago 14
Georgetown University 12
Northwestern University 12
Tufts University 12
Wake Forest University 12
Boston University 10
Emory University 10
Purdue University-Main Campus 10
Yale University 10
Duke University 9
Rice University 9
Brown University 8
Fordham University 8
Syracuse University 8
The University of Texas at Austin 8
University of Southern California 8
and 13 more

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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As published, source linked As published by Ransom Everglades School — Ransom Everglades School Profile 2024-25 ↗. Found at: p.2, "COLLEGE ENROLLMENT 2020-24" section.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 1,079 in 2018 to 1,121 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+3.9%
Why only 2 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see Ransom Everglades School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): web.archive.org/web/20250108230641/ransomeverglad… ↗

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Worlded International School
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United Cerebral Palsy Transitional Learning
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Academica International Studies
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Carrie Brazer Center For Autism
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Gulliver Preparatory School Inc,
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Private 5.6 2,148 +179.7%

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