Regular local school district · Walton County
Walton County Public Schools, FL: schools, enrollment and spending
Walton County Public Schools runs 21 public schools with 12,007 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.8 students per teacher is 3.4 lower than the Florida figure of 18.2.Listed in NCES data as "WALTON".
At a glance
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 12,007
- Teachers (FTE)
- 814
- Students per teacher
- 14.8
- FL: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 145 S Park St, Defuniak Springs, FL 32435
- Phone
- (850)892-1100
- County
- Walton County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1201980
- State district ID
- FL-66
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,729
- School counselors (FTE)
- 21.0About 572 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 36.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district14.8
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 (10,355), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $152.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.6 million
- State revenue
- $18.5 million
- Local revenue
- $120.7 million
- Total spending
- $149.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,410
- Salaries
- $65.4 million43.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $51.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.9%
- State: 12.1%
- Local: 79.0%
Florida overall
- Federal: 13.9%
- State: 36.7%
- Local: 49.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,410
Florida$12,074
United States$16,826
Schools in Walton County Public Schools
By level: 8 high, 3 middle, 6 elementary, 2 prekindergarten, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bay School | Prekindergarten | PK | 130 | 10.8 |
| Dune Lakes Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 924 | 14.7 |
| Emerald Coast Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 872 | 18.2 |
| Emerald Coast Technical College | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Freeport Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 1,120 | 15.3 |
| Freeport Learning Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 114 | 12.7 |
| Freeport Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 790 | 17.2 |
| Freeport Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 677 | 16.5 |
| Magnet Innovation Center | High | 9 to 12 | 117 | 16.7 |
| Maude Saunders Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 554 | 12.3 |
| Mossy Head School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 521 | 15.3 |
| Paxton School | Other | PK to 12 | 783 | 14.8 |
| Seaside Neighborhood SchoolCharter | High | 5 to 12 | 501 | 18.6 |
| South Walton High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,127 | 20.9 |
| Van R. Butler Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 914 | 13.8 |
| Walton Academy Inc.Charter | High | 5 to 12 | 130 | 26.0 |
| Walton County Jail Program | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Walton High School | High | 9 to 12 | 969 | 17.3 |
| Walton Initiative for Success in Education (Wise) | Other | PK to 12 | 264 | 10.2 |
| Walton Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 796 | 15.0 |
| West Defuniak Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 704 | 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.