ST. Lucie

A public school district in Port St Lucie, Florida, with 56 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

49,308
Students enrolled: 2,547.2
Teachers, full-time equivalent: Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.; 5,858.4
All staff, full-time equivalent: $12,177
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023: Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 49,308 in 2024–25: Ranks 91st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 17th 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: $12,177 in fiscal year 2023: More than 17% 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

ST. Lucie spent $12,177 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,704 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

ST. Lucie spent $12,177 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,704 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 year	Spending per pupil	Current expenditure	Membership
FY2023	$12,177	$556.0 million	45,661
FY2022	$11,031	$481.1 million	43,612
FY2021	$10,361	$432.9 million	41,779
FY2020	$10,002	$418.7 million	41,859
FY2019	$9,425	$390.3 million	41,409
FY2018	$9,120	$372.5 million	40,848
FY2017	$8,782	$354.7 million	40,383
FY2016	$8,949	$358.3 million	40,045
FY2015	$8,596	$344.5 million	40,074
FY2014	$8,585	$338.9 million	39,477
FY2013	$8,321	$329.9 million	39,641
FY2012	$8,406	$331.6 million	39,444
FY2011	$8,799	$345.5 million	39,259
FY2010	$8,472	$330.5 million	39,013
FY2009	$8,687	$337.4 million	38,839
FY2008	$8,659	$349.4 million	40,347
FY2007	$7,939	$308.0 million	38,793
FY2006	$7,236	$261.9 million	36,201
FY2005	$6,704	$234.1 million	34,912

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to ST. Lucie by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
Source	Revenue	Share of total
Federal	$109.8 million	16.4%
State	$229.6 million	34.4%
Local	$328.3 million	49.2%
Total	$667.7 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

56 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in ST. Lucie
School	City	Level	Students
Acceleration Academy	Port St Lucie	High	418
Allapattah Flats K-8	Port St Lucie	Elementary	1,347
Bayshore Elementary School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	879
Chester a. Moore Elementary School	Fort Pierce	Elementary	470
Creative Arts Academy of ST. Lucie	Fort Pierce	Elementary	515
Dale Cassens Education Complex	Fort Pierce	Other	218
Dan McCarty Middle School	Fort Pierce	Middle	657
Data House	Fort Pierce	High	3
Fairlawn Elementary School	Fort Pierce	Elementary	653
Floresta Elementary School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	659
Forest Grove Middle School	Fort Pierce	Middle	855
Fort Pierce Central High School	Fort Pierce	High	3,178
Fort Pierce Westwood Academy the W.e.s.t. Prep Magnet	Fort Pierce	High	1,956
Frances K. Sweet Elementary School	Fort Pierce	Elementary	439
Homebound Program	Port Saint Lucie	Other	0
Independence Classical Academy	Fort Pierce	Other	557
Lakewood Park Elementary School	Fort Pierce	Elementary	645
Lawnwood Elementary School	Fort Pierce	Elementary	765
Legacy High School	Port St Lucie	High	0
Lincoln Park Academy	Fort Pierce	High	1,667
Manatee Academy K-8	Port St Lucie	Elementary	1,700
Mariposa Elementary School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	792
Morningside Elementary School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	653
Mosaic Digital Academy (ST. Lucie Virtual Franchise) PT	Port St Lucie	High	0
Mosaic Digital Academy K-12	Port St Lucie	Other	251
Northport K-8 School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	1,206
Oak Hammock K-8 School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	1,727
Pace Center for Girls Treasure Coast	Fort Pierce	High	46
Palm Pointe K8 School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	1,597
Parkway Elementary School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	553
Performance Based Preparatory Academy	Fort Pierce	High	87
Port ST. Lucie High School	Port St Lucie	High	1,793
Renaissance Charter School at Tradition	Fort Lauderdale	Elementary	1,144
Renaissance Charter School of ST. Lucie	Port St Lucie	Elementary	1,413
Rivers Edge Elementary School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	778
Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies	Fort Pierce	Elementary	786
Savanna Ridge Elementary School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	512
Somerset Academy Bethany	Port St Lucie	Elementary	527
Somerset Academy ST. Lucie	Port St Lucie	Elementary	687
Somerset Career Academy	Port Saint Lucie	High	40
Somerset College Preparatory Academy	Port Saint Lucie	High	1,463
Southern Oaks Middle School	Port St Lucie	Middle	833
Southport Middle School	Port St Lucie	Middle	872
ST Lucie County Jail - Rock Road Academy	Ft Pierce	High	26
ST. Lucie Detention Center	Fort Pierce	Other	56
ST. Lucie Elementary School	Fort Pierce	Elementary	722
ST. Lucie Virtual Instruction Program	Port St Lucie	Other	7
ST. Lucie West Centennial High	Port St Lucie	High	2,914
ST. Lucie West K-8 School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	1,662
Tradition Preparatory High School	Fort Lauderdale	High	956
Treasure Coast High School	Port St Lucie	High	3,124
Village Green Environmental Studies School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	586
Weatherbee Elementary School	Fort Pierce	Elementary	726
West Gate K-8 School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	1,639
White City Elementary School	Fort Pierce	Elementary	493
Windmill Point Elementary School	Port St Lucie	Elementary	1,056

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it: ST. LUCIE
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: 1201770

Elsewhere

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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 September 25, 2026