School district · Florida
Sumter
Sumter in Florida: 14 public schools with 10,013 students and 15.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,013 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 14
- 2 charter
- Students
- 10,013
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- FL 18.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $14,013
- FL $12.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 651
- Counselors (FTE)
- 36.0
- Students per counselor
- 278
- FL 426 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 5.0
- Librarians (FTE): 13.0
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$9.3K15
$9.1K16
$9.4K17
$9.7K18
$9.9K19
$10.2K20
$10.9K21
$10.4K22
$12.3K23
$14.0K24
- Federal
- 13% · $19.3M
- State
- 11% · $17.2M
- Local
- 76% · $114.6M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,823
- Support services
- $5,629
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $11.4M
- Long-term debt
- $18.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 6Middle schools: 1High schools: 2Other schools: 5
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Bushnell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 752 | 17.1 |
Lake Panasoffkee Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 621 | 16.8 |
The Villages Charter School Autism Center LlcCharterSpecial education | K–5 | 0 | — |
Webster Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 690 | 16.4 |
Wildwood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 678 | 16.1 |
Wildwood Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 3–6 | 409 | 18.6 |
South Sumter Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 890 | 17.1 |
South Sumter High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 1,077 | 18.3 |
Wildwood Middle/ High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 710 | 16.2 |
Contracted Residential ServicesSpecial education | Pre-K–12 | 0 | — |
Sumter County Virtual Instruction ProgramFully virtual | K–12 | 6 | — |
Sumter Prep AcademyAlternative | 1–12 | 101 | 11.2 |
Sumter Virtual FranchiseFully virtual | K–12 | 17 | — |
Villages Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 4,062 | 13.8 |
Sources
- Address
- 2680 West County Road 476, Bushnell, FL 33513
- Phone
- (352)793-2315
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).