Regular local school district · Okeechobee County
Okeechobee County Public Schools, FL: schools, enrollment and spending
Okeechobee County Public Schools runs 12 public schools with 6,143 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 "OKEECHOBEE".
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 6,143
- Teachers (FTE)
- 340
- Students per teacher
- 18.1
- FL: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 700 SW 2nd Ave, Okeechobee, FL 34974
- Phone
- (863)462-5000
- County
- Okeechobee County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1201410
- State district ID
- FL-47
- Total staff (FTE)
- 766
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 439 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 20.0
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 (6,263), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $71.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.9 million
- State revenue
- $37.4 million
- Local revenue
- $22.5 million
- Total spending
- $69.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,030
- Salaries
- $35.5 million51.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.6%
- State: 52.1%
- Local: 31.3%
Florida overall
- Federal: 13.9%
- State: 36.7%
- Local: 49.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,030
Florida$12,074
United States$16,826
Schools in Okeechobee County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 3 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 571 | 18.4 |
| Everglades Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 737 | 20.5 |
| North Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 528 | 16.5 |
| Okeechobee Achievement AcademyCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 266 | 24.2 |
| Okeechobee High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,718 | 20.0 |
| Okeechobee Virtual Franchise | Other | K to 12 | 59 | |
| Okeechobee Virtual Instruction Program | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Osceola Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 689 | 17.2 |
| Seminole Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 511 | 16.0 |
| South Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 475 | 16.4 |
| Student Serv./Special Programs | Prekindergarten | PK | 1 | |
| Yearling Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 588 | 14.3 |
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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.