Polk
A public school district in Bartow, Florida, with 165 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 111,372
- Students enrolled
- 5,761.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 13,689.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,747
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 111,372 in 2024–25
- Ranks 22nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 7th 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: $11,747 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 14% 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
Polk spent $11,747 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,299 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 | $11,747 | $1.3 billion | 109,558 |
| FY2022 | $11,454 | $1.2 billion | 105,422 |
| FY2021 | $10,587 | $1.1 billion | 100,495 |
| FY2020 | $10,435 | $1.1 billion | 102,952 |
| FY2019 | $9,900 | $1.0 billion | 101,408 |
| FY2018 | $9,632 | $962.2 million | 99,892 |
| FY2017 | $9,123 | $933.2 million | 102,295 |
| FY2016 | $8,683 | $882.5 million | 101,635 |
| FY2015 | $8,820 | $879.5 million | 99,723 |
| FY2014 | $8,610 | $843.3 million | 97,953 |
| FY2013 | $9,063 | $878.5 million | 96,937 |
| FY2012 | $8,702 | $836.0 million | 96,070 |
| FY2011 | $9,021 | $858.6 million | 95,178 |
| FY2010 | $8,670 | $819.6 million | 94,530 |
| FY2009 | $8,612 | $815.2 million | 94,657 |
| FY2008 | $10,826 | $1.0 billion | 93,980 |
| FY2007 | $8,380 | $777.6 million | 92,801 |
| FY2006 | $7,891 | $705.8 million | 89,443 |
| FY2005 | $7,299 | $629.9 million | 86,292 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $278.3 million | 19.1% |
| State | $678.3 million | 46.5% |
| Local | $502.3 million | 34.4% |
| Total | $1.5 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
165 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 2.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- POLK
- 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
- 1201590
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.
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