An equity score of 49/100 ranks Wakulla #36 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,952 per pupil, Wakulla ranks #51 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,156
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$10,952
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wakulla operates 10 public schools serving 5,156 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 3 elementary, 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 Wakulla County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,952 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 24.6% local, 59.6% state, and 15.8% 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 49/100, ranked #36 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 1 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 602.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 38.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.4% White, 11.1% African American, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wakulla Institute, with a diversity index of 50.3/100.
Its largest campus is Wakulla High School, enrolling 1,369 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Wakulla Institute, at 55 students, a 25x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wakulla High School accounts for 26.6% of all Wakulla student enrollment
That concentration means Wakulla-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.
Wakulla school enrollment varies 25× across entities
Wakulla school enrollment ranges from 55 students (lowest) to 1,369 students (highest), a spread of 1,314 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.
Wakulla student-counselor ratio is 603:1 — 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.
Wakulla chronic absenteeism rate is 38.6% — 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.