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Walton

A public school district in Defuniak Springs, Florida, with 21 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

12,007
Students enrolled
814.6
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,729.3
All staff, full-time equivalent
$13,721
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 12,007 in 2024–25
Ranks 715th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 38th of 82 in Florida. Larger than 95% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $13,721 in fiscal year 2023
More than 32% 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

Walton spent $13,721 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,577 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
Walton spent $13,721 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,577 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$13,721$158.8 million11,575
FY2022$11,790$130.5 million11,066
FY2021$10,970$113.6 million10,355
FY2020$10,172$106.3 million10,448
FY2019$10,132$99.5 million9,824
FY2018$9,653$91.5 million9,480
FY2017$9,177$84.2 million9,172
FY2016$9,118$80.7 million8,854
FY2015$9,271$78.2 million8,435
FY2014$9,510$76.7 million8,067
FY2013$9,411$73.5 million7,811
FY2012$9,441$71.5 million7,572
FY2011$9,896$72.7 million7,343
FY2010$10,243$72.8 million7,103
FY2009$10,528$73.6 million6,991
FY2008$10,102$70.3 million6,962
FY2007$9,538$63.9 million6,704
FY2006$7,984$55.1 million6,896
FY2005$7,577$49.7 million6,557

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Walton by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$27.5 million12.3%
State$20.0 million9.0%
Local$175.3 million78.7%
Total$222.7 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

21 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Walton
SchoolStudents
Bay School130
Dune Lakes Elementary School924
Emerald Coast Middle School872
Emerald Coast Technical College0
Freeport Elementary School1,120
Freeport Learning Center114
Freeport Middle School790
Freeport Senior High School677
Magnet Innovation Center117
Maude Saunders Elementary School554
Mossy Head School521
Paxton School783
Seaside Neighborhood School501
South Walton High School1,127
Van R. Butler Elementary School914
Walton Academy Inc.130
Walton County Jail Program0
Walton High School969
Walton Initiative for Success IN Education (Wise)264
Walton Middle School796
West Defuniak Elementary School704

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
WALTON
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
1201980

Elsewhere

Sources

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