Regular local school district · DeSoto County
Desoto County Public Schools, FL: schools, enrollment and spending
Desoto County Public Schools runs 8 public schools with 4,155 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Florida figure of 18.2.Listed in NCES data as "DESOTO".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 4,155
- Teachers (FTE)
- 234
- Students per teacher
- 17.8
- FL: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 530 Lasolona Ave, Arcadia, FL 34266
- Phone
- (863)494-4222
- County
- DeSoto County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1200420
- State district ID
- FL-14
- Total staff (FTE)
- 599
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 594 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.8
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 (4,614), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $53.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.2 million
- State revenue
- $29.4 million
- Local revenue
- $13.7 million
- Total spending
- $54.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,810
- Salaries
- $29.4 million54.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.2%
- State: 55.1%
- Local: 25.7%
Florida overall
- Federal: 13.9%
- State: 36.7%
- Local: 49.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,810
Florida$12,074
United States$16,826
Schools in Desoto County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 2 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Desoto County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,215 | 17.9 |
| Desoto Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 922 | 16.5 |
| Desoto Secondary SchoolCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 51 | 51.0 |
| Memorial Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 861 | 19.6 |
| Nocatee Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 475 | 18.3 |
| Reduced Services | Other | K to 12 | 9 | |
| Teen Parent PK Child Care Program | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| West Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 622 | 16.8 |
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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.