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Perry, Florida - 7 schools
An equity score of 79/100 ranks Taylor #5 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,640 per pupil, Taylor ranks #10 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,783
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$12,640
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Taylor operates 7 public schools serving 2,783 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Taylor County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,640 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 37.0% local, 35.8% state, and 27.2% 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 79/100, ranked #5 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 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 411.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 47.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.9% White, 28.1% African American, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Taylor County Middle School, with a diversity index of 57.5/100.
Its largest campus is Taylor County High School, enrolling 639 students (25% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Taylor Paec Virtual Franchise, at 3 students, a 213x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Taylor County High School accounts for 23.0% of all Taylor student enrollment
That concentration means Taylor-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Taylor school enrollment varies 213× across entities
Taylor school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 639 students (highest), a spread of 636 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.
Taylor has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 62.6% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Taylor student-counselor ratio is 411:1 — 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.
Taylor chronic absenteeism rate is 47.6% — 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.
Taylor has 7 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 3 combined. Total enrollment is 2,783 students.
How much does Taylor spend per student?
Taylor spends $12,640 per student. The district has an equity score of 79/100, ranking #5 in Florida.
What is the demographic composition of Taylor?
Taylor students are 62.9% White, 28.1% African American, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Taylor?
Taylor has an equity score of 79/100, ranking #5 out of 67 districts in Florida.