Columbia
A public school district in Lake City, Florida, with 18 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 9,508
- Students enrolled
- 526.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,296.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,472
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 9,508 in 2024–25
- Ranks 952nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 41st of 82 in Florida. Larger than 94% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,472 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 6% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Columbia spent $10,472 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,932 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $10,472 | $103.5 million | 9,887 |
| FY2022 | $10,799 | $107.2 million | 9,923 |
| FY2021 | $9,780 | $95.9 million | 9,805 |
| FY2020 | $9,204 | $93.8 million | 10,192 |
| FY2019 | $9,225 | $93.6 million | 10,149 |
| FY2018 | $8,878 | $90.4 million | 10,187 |
| FY2017 | $8,622 | $86.8 million | 10,066 |
| FY2016 | $8,400 | $85.5 million | 10,175 |
| FY2015 | $8,231 | $83.8 million | 10,184 |
| FY2014 | $8,059 | $81.7 million | 10,137 |
| FY2013 | $8,142 | $79.8 million | 9,797 |
| FY2012 | $8,270 | $80.7 million | 9,762 |
| FY2011 | $8,784 | $86.2 million | 9,810 |
| FY2010 | $8,666 | $87.0 million | 10,041 |
| FY2009 | $8,575 | $85.7 million | 9,989 |
| FY2008 | $8,493 | $85.4 million | 10,050 |
| FY2007 | $8,120 | $82.7 million | 10,179 |
| FY2006 | $7,422 | $75.6 million | 10,188 |
| FY2005 | $6,932 | $69.0 million | 9,957 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $25.6 million | 21.9% |
| State | $63.4 million | 54.2% |
| Local | $28.0 million | 23.9% |
| Total | $116.9 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
18 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- COLUMBIA
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 1200360
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Florida — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Florida — A to Z, each with its page.
- Florida on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved