Regular local school district · Sumter County
Sumter County Public Schools, FL: schools, enrollment and spending
Sumter County Public Schools runs 14 public schools with 10,013 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is 2.8 lower than the Florida figure of 18.2.Listed in NCES data as "SUMTER".
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 10,013
- Teachers (FTE)
- 650
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- FL: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2680 West County Road 476, Bushnell, FL 33513
- Phone
- (352)793-2315
- County
- Sumter County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1201800
- State district ID
- FL-60
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,462
- School counselors (FTE)
- 36.0About 278 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 36.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district15.4
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 (8,675), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $108.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.1 million
- State revenue
- $16.3 million
- Local revenue
- $81.3 million
- Total spending
- $102.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,781
- Salaries
- $37.3 million36.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $21.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.2%
- State: 15.0%
- Local: 74.8%
Florida overall
- Federal: 13.9%
- State: 36.7%
- Local: 49.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,781
Florida$12,074
United States$16,826
Schools in Sumter County Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary, 5 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bushnell Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 752 | 17.1 |
| Contracted Residential Services | Other | PK to 12 | 0 | |
| Lake Panasoffkee Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 621 | 16.8 |
| South Sumter High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 1,077 | 18.3 |
| South Sumter Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 890 | 17.1 |
| Sumter County Virtual Instruction Program | Other | K to 12 | 6 | |
| Sumter Prep Academy | Other | 1 to 12 | 101 | 11.2 |
| Sumter Virtual Franchise | Other | K to 12 | 17 | |
| The Villages Charter School Autism Center LLCCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 0 | |
| Villages Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Other | PK to 12 | 4,062 | 13.8 |
| Webster Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 690 | 16.4 |
| Wildwood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 678 | 16.1 |
| Wildwood Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 409 | 18.6 |
| Wildwood Middle/ High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 710 | 16.5 |
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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.