Regular local school district · Charlotte County
Charlotte County Public Schools, FL: schools, enrollment and spending
Charlotte County Public Schools runs 25 public schools with 16,997 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.2 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Florida figure of 18.2.Listed in NCES data as "CHARLOTTE".
At a glance
- Schools
- 25
- Students
- 16,997
- Teachers (FTE)
- 986
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- FL: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1445 Education Way, Port Charlotte, FL 33948
- Phone
- (941)255-0808
- County
- Charlotte County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1200240
- State district ID
- FL-08
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,790
- School counselors (FTE)
- 40.0About 425 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 53.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district17.2
Florida18.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (15,284), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $223.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $33.6 million
- State revenue
- $37.0 million
- Local revenue
- $153.2 million
- Total spending
- $200.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,106
- Salaries
- $101.1 million50.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $65.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.0%
- State: 16.5%
- Local: 68.4%
Florida overall
- Federal: 13.9%
- State: 36.7%
- Local: 49.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,106
Florida$12,074
United States$16,826
Schools in Charlotte County Public Schools
By level: 6 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, 4 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Babcock Neighborhood SchoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 1,053 | 16.2 |
| Baker/Head StartCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 165 | 82.5 |
| Charlotte Harbor SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 130 | 5.2 |
| Charlotte High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,872 | 20.6 |
| Charlotte Technical College | High | 9 to 12 | 12 | 0.7 |
| Charlotte Virtual Franchise | Other | K to 12 | 83 | |
| Charlotte Virtual Instruction Program | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Deep Creek Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 781 | 15.6 |
| East Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 814 | 16.6 |
| Florida Southwestern Collegiate High SchoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 356 | 44.5 |
| Kingsway Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 579 | 14.1 |
| L. A. Ainger Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 625 | 16.9 |
| Lemon Bay High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,343 | 20.3 |
| Liberty Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 764 | 15.9 |
| Meadow Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 708 | 15.4 |
| Murdock Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 656 | 19.3 |
| Myakka River Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 624 | 15.2 |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 763 | 15.3 |
| Peace River Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 557 | 14.7 |
| Port Charlotte High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,730 | 21.1 |
| Port Charlotte Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 858 | 19.1 |
| Punta Gorda Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,098 | 19.3 |
| Sallie Jones Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 634 | 15.8 |
| The AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 298 | 16.6 |
| Vineland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 494 | 14.1 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.