An equity score of 82/100 ranks Glades #2 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,636 per pupil, Glades ranks #4 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,819
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$14,636
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Glades operates 6 public schools serving 1,819 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 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 Glades County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,636 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 7 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending. See how Florida compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.0% local, 56.8% state, and 17.2% 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 82/100, ranked #2 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 348.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 48.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.3% Hispanic or Latino, 26.2% White, 9.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pemayetv Emahakv Charter Our Way School, with a diversity index of 68.1/100.
Its largest campus is West Glades School, enrolling 651 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Rcma-Booker T. Washington, at 1 students, a 651x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
West Glades School accounts for 35.8% of all Glades student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Glades-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Glades school enrollment varies 651× across entities
Glades school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 651 students (highest), a spread of 650 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.
Glades student-counselor ratio is 348:1 — 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 Glades is typically wider than the Glades-aggregate figure suggests.
Glades chronic absenteeism rate is 48.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.