Palm Beach
A public school district in West Palm Beach, Florida, with 234 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 189,634
- Students enrolled
- 11,547.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 23,060.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,024
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 189,634 in 2024–25
- Ranks 9th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 5th of 82 in Florida. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,024 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 35% 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
Palm Beach spent $14,024 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,708 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 | $14,024 | $2.6 billion | 188,843 |
| FY2022 | $12,727 | $2.4 billion | 187,943 |
| FY2021 | $11,509 | $2.2 billion | 187,057 |
| FY2020 | $11,035 | $2.1 billion | 194,675 |
| FY2019 | $10,366 | $2.0 billion | 192,533 |
| FY2018 | $10,161 | $1.9 billion | 191,786 |
| FY2017 | $9,782 | $1.9 billion | 192,721 |
| FY2016 | $9,522 | $1.8 billion | 189,322 |
| FY2015 | $9,403 | $1.8 billion | 186,605 |
| FY2014 | $9,500 | $1.7 billion | 182,895 |
| FY2013 | $9,179 | $1.6 billion | 179,514 |
| FY2012 | $8,935 | $1.6 billion | 176,901 |
| FY2011 | $9,264 | $1.6 billion | 174,663 |
| FY2010 | $9,225 | $1.6 billion | 172,897 |
| FY2009 | $9,296 | $1.6 billion | 170,757 |
| FY2008 | $9,394 | $1.6 billion | 170,883 |
| FY2007 | $8,937 | $1.5 billion | 171,431 |
| FY2006 | $8,345 | $1.5 billion | 174,935 |
| FY2005 | $7,708 | $1.3 billion | 175,076 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $443.3 million | 13.4% |
| State | $643.8 million | 19.5% |
| Local | $2.2 billion | 67.1% |
| Total | $3.3 billion |
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
234 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 3.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- PALM BEACH
- 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
- 1201500
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