Regular local school district · Columbia County
Columbia County Public Schools, FL: schools, enrollment and spending
Columbia County Public Schools runs 18 public schools with 9,508 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Florida figure of 18.2.Listed in NCES data as "COLUMBIA".
At a glance
- Schools
- 18
- Students
- 9,508
- Teachers (FTE)
- 526
- Students per teacher
- 18.1
- FL: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 372 W Duval St, Lake City, FL 32055
- Phone
- (386)755-8000
- County
- Columbia County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1200360
- State district ID
- FL-12
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,296
- School counselors (FTE)
- 21.0About 453 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 32.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district18.1
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 (9,805), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $104.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $18.9 million
- State revenue
- $62.5 million
- Local revenue
- $22.7 million
- Total spending
- $101.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,326
- Salaries
- $55.7 million55.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.1%
- State: 60.0%
- Local: 21.8%
Florida overall
- Federal: 13.9%
- State: 36.7%
- Local: 49.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,326
Florida$12,074
United States$16,826
Schools in Columbia County Public Schools
By level: 5 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 2 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Belmont AcademyCharter | Other | PK to 12 | 828 | 20.7 |
| Columbia City Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 585 | 16.2 |
| Columbia High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,711 | 23.1 |
| Columbia Virtual Franchise | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Columbia Virtual Instruction Program | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Columbia Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided) | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Eastside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 655 | 18.7 |
| Five Points Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 349 | 15.9 |
| Fort White Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 644 | 17.4 |
| Fort White High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 1,101 | 16.9 |
| Lake City Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 809 | 18.8 |
| Melrose Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 635 | 16.3 |
| Pathways AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 94 | 15.7 |
| Pinemount Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 448 | 14.9 |
| Prek Ese | Prekindergarten | PK | 7 | |
| Richardson Sixth Grade AcademyCEP school | Middle | 6 | 455 | 16.9 |
| Summers Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 492 | 15.9 |
| Westside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 695 | 17.4 |
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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.