The Palm Beach County School District has 13 of the best elementary and middle schools in the state, according to a recent set of rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.
The news magazine, which compiles rankings on hospitals, cars, academic programs and universities, ranked seven of the district’s elementary schools and six of its middle schools in the top 100 elementary and middle schools in the state.
Morikami Park Elementary in Delray Beach, which U.S. News ranked No. 4 among elementary 2,177 schools, and Bak Middle School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, which the magazine ranked No. 5 among 1,038 middle schools, got the highest marks…