Highlands
A public school district in Sebring, Florida, with 24 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 12,040
- Students enrolled
- 654
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,593.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,585
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 12,040 in 2024–25
- Ranks 711th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 37th of 82 in Florida. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,585 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 21% 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
Highlands spent $12,585 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,537 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 | $12,585 | $155.6 million | 12,362 |
| FY2022 | $11,874 | $145.4 million | 12,246 |
| FY2021 | $10,202 | $123.6 million | 12,111 |
| FY2020 | $9,727 | $117.5 million | 12,080 |
| FY2019 | $9,424 | $116.2 million | 12,333 |
| FY2018 | $9,313 | $115.6 million | 12,414 |
| FY2017 | $9,035 | $111.3 million | 12,318 |
| FY2016 | $8,916 | $110.3 million | 12,374 |
| FY2015 | $9,058 | $111.1 million | 12,266 |
| FY2014 | $8,977 | $109.5 million | 12,200 |
| FY2013 | $8,512 | $102.8 million | 12,071 |
| FY2012 | $8,450 | $101.4 million | 11,998 |
| FY2011 | $9,036 | $109.6 million | 12,128 |
| FY2010 | $9,010 | $109.0 million | 12,097 |
| FY2009 | $9,129 | $111.8 million | 12,249 |
| FY2008 | $9,068 | $112.5 million | 12,401 |
| FY2007 | $8,750 | $109.0 million | 12,456 |
| FY2006 | $8,167 | $99.1 million | 12,136 |
| FY2005 | $7,537 | $90.8 million | 12,049 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $48.8 million | 28.3% |
| State | $66.7 million | 38.7% |
| Local | $57.0 million | 33.0% |
| Total | $172.4 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
24 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- HIGHLANDS
- 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
- 1200840
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