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Jasper, Florida - 6 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Hamilton #14 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,113 per pupil, Hamilton ranks #15 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,657
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$12,113
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hamilton operates 6 public schools serving 1,657 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 Hamilton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,113 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 31.9% local, 40.0% state, and 28.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 68/100, ranked #14 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 2 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 397:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 51.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.9% White, 22.6% African American, 16.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hamilton County Elementary School, with a diversity index of 70.8/100.
Hamilton County High School accounts for 48.8% of all Hamilton student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hamilton a distant remainder — means Hamilton-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.
Hamilton school enrollment varies 808× across entities
Hamilton school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 808 students (highest), a spread of 807 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.
Hamilton has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 78.1% 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 — including this one — 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.
Hamilton student-counselor ratio is 397:1 — 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.
Hamilton chronic absenteeism rate is 51.5% — 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.
Hamilton has 6 schools, including 6 combined. Total enrollment is 1,657 students.
How much does Hamilton spend per student?
Hamilton spends $12,113 per student. The district has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #14 in Florida.
What is the demographic composition of Hamilton?
Hamilton students are 56.9% White, 22.6% African American, 16.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Hamilton?
Hamilton has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #14 out of 67 districts in Florida.