NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools FL

Best-Resourced Schools in Gulf Breeze, FL

Compiled from official source data by .

6 public K-12 schools in Gulf Breeze from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

PlainSchools home → About this data
6
Schools
6,474
Students
40.3/100
Avg Resource Index
19.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Gulf Breeze has more public-school enrollment than 66% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Gulf Breeze's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Gulf Breeze's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 20-point gap between Gulf Breeze Elementary School and Gulf Breeze High School shows the range hidden by Gulf Breeze's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 34%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
47th percentile
Teacher staffing
18th percentile

Gulf Breeze High School accounts for 30.1% of all Gulf Breeze public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Gulf Breeze-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Gulf Breeze school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities

Gulf Breeze school enrollment ranges from 765 students (lowest) to 1,946 students (highest), a spread of 1,181 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Gulf Breeze operates one school district — a single-district system

Gulf Breeze's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Gulf Breeze student-teacher ratio is 19.3:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Gulf Breeze Elementary School 48
2. Oriole Beach Elementary School 45
3. Gulf Breeze Middle School 41
4. Woodlawn Beach Middle School 41
5. East Bay K-8 School 39
6. Gulf Breeze High School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Gulf Breeze

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Woodlawn Beach Middle School 50.0/100
  2. 2 East Bay K-8 School 48.1/100
  3. 3 Oriole Beach Elementary School 40.3/100
  4. 4 Gulf Breeze High School 36.8/100
  5. 5 Gulf Breeze Elementary School 29.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Gulf Breeze?

Which Gulf Breeze school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Gulf Breeze Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Gulf Breeze schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Gulf Breeze, FL? ▼

Gulf Breeze has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,474 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.3:1.

Other Cities in Florida

Miami
286 schools
Orlando
208 schools
Jacksonville
197 schools
Tampa
170 schools
Lakeland
60 schools
Pensacola
58 schools

Side-by-side: Compare any two schools or districts in Florida →

Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.