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Brooksville, Florida - 29 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Hernando #48 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,856 per pupil, Hernando ranks #52 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
Hernando operates 29 public schools serving 24,058 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 17 combined, 6 middle, 4 high, 2 elementary 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 Hernando County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,856 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending. See how Florida compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.9% local, 44.9% state, and 15.1% 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 41/100, ranked #48 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 5 of 29 schools offering Advanced Placement (73 AP courses district-wide), a 576:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 37.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.4% White, 28.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Endeavor Academy, with a diversity index of 70.3/100.
Its largest campus is Frank W. Springstead High School, enrolling 1,853 students (8% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hernando County Jail, at 5 students, a 371x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hernando school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 1,853 students (highest), a spread of 1,848 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
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Source: 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.
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.
This district has moderate funding equity. There may be room to improve funding diversity or resource allocation.
Average demographic composition across 29 schools in Hernando.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Hernando's schools, above the Florida average of 52.3.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Frank W. Springstead High School | 1,853 |
| Winding Waters K-8 | 1,613 |
| Explorer K-8 | 1,544 |
| Challenger K-8 School of Science and Math | 1,456 |
| Central High School | 1,444 |
| Weeki Wachee High School | 1,437 |
| Hernando High School | 1,299 |
| Nature Coast Technical High | 1,293 |
| Powell Middle School | 1,041 |
| Suncoast Elementary School | 967 |
| Pine Grove Elementary School | 943 |
| John D. Floyd Elementary School | 920 |
| Deltona Elementary School | 854 |
| Spring Hill Elementary School | 829 |
| Fox Chapel Middle School | 815 |
| Chocachatti Elementary School | 783 |
| Eastside Elementary School | 754 |
| D. S. Parrott Middle School | 745 |
| Brooksville Elementary School | 687 |
| Moton Elementary School | 671 |
| West Hernando Middle School | 666 |
| Westside Elementary School | 512 |
| Gulf Coast Academy of Science and Technology Charter | 217 |
| Endeavor Academy | 126 |
| Gulf Coast Elementary School Charter | 106 |
| Brooksville Engineering Science and Technology (B.E.S.T.) a Charter | 88 |
| Hernando Eschool Virtual Franchise | 46 |
| Pace Center for Girls | 20 |
| Hernando County Jail | 5 |
The Florida districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Alachua | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Martin | Similar size | Higher spending | More locally funded |
| Santa Rosa | Larger | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Indian River | Smaller | Similar spending | More locally funded |
Comparisons are relative to Hernando'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 →Hernando has 29 schools, including 4 high, 17 combined, 2 elementary, 6 middle. Total enrollment is 24,058 students.
Hernando spends $10,856 per student. The district has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #48 in Florida.
Hernando students are 55.4% White, 28.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% African American, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 29 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Hernando has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #48 out of 67 districts in Florida.
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