Florida · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Florida
The 50 Florida districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
- $17,304
- Top per-pupil spend
- $12,650
- Avg across top 50
- 50
- Districts listed
The spending picture in one line
Jefferson spends $17,304 per student, the most of any Florida district listed, against an average of $12,650 across the top 50.
- $17,304
- top spend (Jefferson)
- $10,979
- lowest on this list
- 1.6×
- spread across the listed districts
- 730
- students in the top district
| # | District | Per-Pupil $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JeffersonMonticello | $17,304 |
| 2 | MonroeKey West | $17,161 |
| 3 | FranklinEastpoint | $16,334 |
| 4 | GladesMoore Haven | $14,636 |
| 5 | CharlottePort Charlotte | $14,173 |
| 6 | GulfPort St Joe | $14,110 |
| 7 | CollierNaples | $14,103 |
| 8 | SarasotaSarasota | $14,033 |
| 9 | Palm BeachWest Palm Beach | $14,024 |
| 10 | GadsdenQuincy | $13,871 |
| 11 | WaltonDefuniak Springs | $13,721 |
| 12 | TaylorPerry | $13,512 |
| 13 | HamiltonJasper | $13,296 |
| 14 | Miami-DadeMiami | $13,138 |
| 15 | LibertyBristol | $12,890 |
| 16 | LafayetteMayo | $12,884 |
| 17 | MartinStuart | $12,831 |
| 18 | GilchristTrenton | $12,714 |
| 19 | JacksonMarianna | $12,683 |
| 20 | PutnamPalatka | $12,682 |
| 21 | HighlandsSebring | $12,585 |
| 22 | PinellasLargo | $12,514 |
| 23 | DixieCross City | $12,445 |
| 24 | DesotoArcadia | $12,385 |
| 25 | SumterBushnell | $12,326 |
| 26 | EscambiaPensacola | $12,299 |
| 27 | St. LuciePort St Lucie | $12,177 |
| 28 | BrowardFort Lauderdale | $12,121 |
| 29 | LeeFort Myers | $12,108 |
| 30 | HardeeWauchula | $11,932 |
| 31 | MadisonMadison | $11,877 |
| 32 | Indian RiverVero Beach | $11,843 |
| 33 | CalhounBlountstown | $11,836 |
| 34 | PolkBartow | $11,747 |
| 35 | HolmesBonifay | $11,741 |
| 36 | OrangeOrlando | $11,706 |
| 37 | UnionLake Butler | $11,686 |
| 38 | DuvalJacksonville | $11,670 |
| 39 | OkeechobeeOkeechobee | $11,523 |
| 40 | LevyBronson | $11,488 |
| 41 | WashingtonChipley | $11,470 |
| 42 | CitrusInverness | $11,410 |
| 43 | ManateeBradenton | $11,381 |
| 44 | BakerMacclenny | $11,376 |
| 45 | SuwanneeLive Oak | $11,325 |
| 46 | MarionOcala | $11,180 |
| 47 | BayPanama City | $11,117 |
| 48 | BrevardViera | $11,100 |
| 49 | AlachuaGainesville | $11,075 |
| 50 | LeonTallahassee | $10,979 |
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Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2022-23, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.