This ranking is based on a ratio devised by Jay Mathews, which takes the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in that school year and divides it by the number of graduating seniors.

Coral Reef has received an "A" grade for its performance on the FCAT examination on ten occasions since the annual test was first administered in 1998.

[5] Coral Reef has three publications: the newspaper, Baitline; the yearbook, Tsunami; and the literary magazine, Elysium.

Coral Reef has six magnets: International Baccalaureate, Health Sciences, Business & Finance, Legal & Public Affairs, Agriscience & Engineering Technology, and Visual & Performing Arts.

by Gary P. Gilroy and Shawn Glyde,[11] straight superiors at the District Concert Band Music Performance Assessment,[12] and straight superiors at the State Concert Band Music Performance Assessment.