An equity score of 43/100 ranks Okeechobee #46 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,523 per pupil, Okeechobee ranks #39 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,398
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$11,523
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Okeechobee operates 12 public schools serving 6,398 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 combined, 2 middle, 1 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 Okeechobee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,523 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 31.1% local, 45.0% state, and 23.9% 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 43/100, ranked #46 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 1 of 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), a 452.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 62.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.8% Hispanic or Latino, 40.5% White, 5.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Okeechobee Achievement Academy, with a diversity index of 61.2/100.
Its largest campus is Okeechobee High School, enrolling 1,718 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Student Serv./Special Programs, at 1 students, a 1718x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Okeechobee High School accounts for 26.9% of all Okeechobee student enrollment
That concentration means Okeechobee-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Okeechobee school enrollment varies 1718× across entities
Okeechobee school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,718 students (highest), a spread of 1,717 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.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Okeechobee student-counselor ratio is 452:1 — 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.
Okeechobee chronic absenteeism rate is 62.6% — 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.