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Blountstown, Florida - 5 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Calhoun #13 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,462 per pupil, Calhoun ranks #24 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,129
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$11,462
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Calhoun operates 5 public schools serving 2,129 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Calhoun County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,462 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending. See how Florida compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 24.8% local, 55.1% state, and 20.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 68/100, ranked #13 of 67 in Florida against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 265.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 35.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.5% White, 8.6% African American, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Blountstown Elementary School, with a diversity index of 54.1/100.
Its largest campus is Blountstown High School, enrolling 658 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Calhoun Virtual Instruction Program, at 30 students, a 22x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Blountstown High School accounts for 30.9% of all Calhoun student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Calhoun-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Calhoun school enrollment varies 22× across entities
Calhoun school enrollment ranges from 30 students (lowest) to 658 students (highest), a spread of 628 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Calhoun has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Calhoun student-counselor ratio is 266:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Calhoun is typically wider than the Calhoun-aggregate figure suggests.
Calhoun chronic absenteeism rate is 35.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.