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Trenton, Florida - 6 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Gilchrist #35 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,383 per pupil, Gilchrist ranks #28 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,839
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$11,383
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gilchrist operates 6 public schools serving 2,839 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 1 elementary 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 Gilchrist County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,383 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 22.8% local, 58.1% state, and 19.2% 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 49/100, ranked #35 of 67 in Florida against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 354:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.3% White, 13.1% Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Trenton Elementary School, with a diversity index of 43.3/100.
Trenton Elementary School accounts for 27.2% of all Gilchrist student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gilchrist-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.
Gilchrist school enrollment varies 195× across entities
Gilchrist school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 779 students (highest), a spread of 775 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.
Gilchrist student-counselor ratio is 354:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Gilchrist chronic absenteeism rate is 22.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Gilchrist is typically wider than the Gilchrist-aggregate figure suggests.