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Port Charlotte, Florida - 24 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Charlotte #47 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,716 per pupil, Charlotte ranks #20 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
Charlotte operates 24 public schools serving 16,834 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 15 combined, 5 high, 4 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Charlotte County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,716 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 68.0% local, 16.4% state, and 15.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 40/100, ranked #47 of 67 in Florida against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 4 of 24 schools offering Advanced Placement (47 AP courses district-wide), a 538.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.2% White, 19.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Baker/Head Start, with a diversity index of 73.1/100.
Its largest campus is Charlotte High School, enrolling 1,872 students (11% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Charlotte Technical College, at 12 students, a 156x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Charlotte school enrollment ranges from 12 students (lowest) to 1,872 students (highest), a spread of 1,860 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection NCES Civil Rights Data Collection
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.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22
This district has moderate funding equity. There may be room to improve funding diversity or resource allocation.
Average demographic composition across 24 schools in Charlotte.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Charlotte's schools, about the same as the Florida average of 52.3.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Charlotte High School | 1,872 |
| Port Charlotte High School | 1,730 |
| Lemon Bay High School | 1,343 |
| Punta Gorda Middle School | 1,098 |
| Babcock Neighborhood School Charter | 1,053 |
| Port Charlotte Middle School | 858 |
| East Elementary School | 814 |
| Deep Creek Elementary School | 781 |
| Liberty Elementary School | 764 |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School | 763 |
| Meadow Park Elementary School | 708 |
| Murdock Middle School | 656 |
| Sallie Jones Elementary School | 634 |
| L. a. Ainger Middle School | 625 |
| Myakka River Elementary School | 624 |
| Kingsway Elementary School | 579 |
| Peace River Elementary School | 557 |
| Vineland Elementary School | 494 |
| Florida Southwestern Collegiate High School Charter | 356 |
| The Academy | 298 |
| Baker/Head Start | 165 |
| Charlotte Harbor School | 130 |
| Charlotte Virtual Franchise | 83 |
| Charlotte Technical College | 12 |
The Florida districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian River | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Citrus | Similar size | Similar spending | Less locally funded |
| Martin | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Hendry | Similar size | Lower spending | Less locally funded |
| Flagler | Similar size | Lower spending | Less locally funded |
Comparisons are relative to Charlotte's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Miami-Dade →Charlotte has 24 schools, including 5 high, 4 middle, 15 combined. Total enrollment is 16,834 students.
Charlotte spends $11,716 per student. The district has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #47 in Florida.
Charlotte students are 62.2% White, 19.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% African American, 1.6% Asian, averaged across 24 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Charlotte has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #47 out of 67 districts in Florida.
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