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Hardee

A public school district in Wauchula, Florida, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

4,547
Students enrolled
264
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
562.2
All staff, full-time equivalent
$11,932
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 4,547 in 2024–25
Ranks 2,122nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 53rd of 82 in Florida. Larger than 88% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $11,932 in fiscal year 2023
More than 15% 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

Hardee spent $11,932 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,408 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
Hardee spent $11,932 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,408 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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$11,932$58.5 million4,901
FY2022$10,936$54.0 million4,941
FY2021$9,797$48.4 million4,939
FY2020$9,484$48.1 million5,068
FY2019$9,895$50.3 million5,080
FY2018$9,598$50.0 million5,206
FY2017$9,036$47.5 million5,260
FY2016$9,154$48.1 million5,251
FY2015$9,282$48.5 million5,226
FY2014$9,037$46.5 million5,150
FY2013$8,855$44.9 million5,068
FY2012$8,991$45.1 million5,016
FY2011$8,979$45.2 million5,036
FY2010$8,616$43.3 million5,031
FY2009$8,644$44.2 million5,108
FY2008$9,193$46.1 million5,014
FY2007$9,117$45.9 million5,037
FY2006$8,493$42.2 million4,967
FY2005$7,408$38.1 million5,146

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Hardee by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$17.9 million27.5%
State$31.0 million47.5%
Local$16.3 million25.0%
Total$65.2 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

11 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Hardee
SchoolStudents
Bowling Green Elementary School260
Hardee Junior High School958
Hardee Senior High School1,347
Hardee Virtual Franchise52
Hardee Virtual Instruction Program0
Hardee Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided)0
Hilltop Elementary School298
North Wauchula Elementary School516
Pioneer Career Academy27
Wauchula Elementary School577
Zolfo Springs Elementary School512

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
HARDEE
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
1200750

Elsewhere

Sources

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