An equity score of 44/100 ranks Suwannee #44 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,325 per pupil, Suwannee ranks #45 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,935
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$11,325
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Suwannee operates 11 public schools serving 5,935 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 combined, 2 high, 1 middle 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 Suwannee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,325 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 22.1% local, 52.1% state, and 25.8% 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 44/100, ranked #44 of 67 in Florida against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (17 AP courses district-wide), a 580.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.6% White, 24.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Suwannee Pineview Elementary, with a diversity index of 65.4/100.
Its largest campus is Suwannee High School, enrolling 1,167 students (19% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Riveroak Technical College, at 3 students, a 389x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Suwannee High School accounts for 19.4% of all Suwannee student enrollment
That concentration means Suwannee-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.
Suwannee school enrollment varies 389× across entities
Suwannee school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 1,167 students (highest), a spread of 1,164 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 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.
Suwannee student-counselor ratio is 581:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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.
Suwannee chronic absenteeism rate is 31.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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.