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Fernandina Beach, Florida - 18 schools
An equity score of 19/100 ranks Nassau #66 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,049 per pupil, Nassau ranks #64 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
Nassau operates 18 public schools serving 12,668 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 combined, 4 elementary, 3 middle, 2 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Nassau County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,049 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 7 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending. See how Florida compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 55.3% local, 29.6% state, and 15.0% 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 19/100, ranked #66 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 18 schools offering Advanced Placement (33 AP courses district-wide), a 500.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.4% White, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Nassau County Community School, with a diversity index of 58.3/100.
Its largest campus is Yulee High School, enrolling 1,486 students (12% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Nassau Virtual Franchise, at 74 students, a 20x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (12,668 to 12,746 students, +0.6%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $150,801,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 49.2% went to instruction, 30.9% to support services, and 12.7% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Nassau school enrollment ranges from 74 students (lowest) to 1,486 students (highest), a spread of 1,412 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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
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 scores below average on funding equity. High reliance on local revenue or lower spending may contribute.
Average demographic composition across 18 schools in Nassau.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Nassau's schools, below the Florida average of 52.3.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
The Florida districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands | Similar size | Higher spending | Less locally funded |
| Flagler | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Walton | Similar size | Higher spending | More locally funded |
| Hendry | Similar size | Similar spending | Less locally funded |
| Putnam | Similar size | Higher spending | Less locally funded |
Comparisons are relative to Nassau'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 →Nassau has 18 schools, including 2 high, 9 combined, 3 middle, 4 elementary. Total enrollment is 12,668 students.
Nassau spends $10,049 per student. The district has an equity score of 19/100, ranking #66 in Florida.
Nassau students are 77.4% White, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% African American, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 18 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Nassau has an equity score of 19/100, ranking #66 out of 67 districts in Florida.
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