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DESOTO

Arcadia, Florida · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

4,155
Students enrolled
8
Public schools
234
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 39
  • Kindergarten 309
  • Grade 1 289
  • Grade 2 322
  • Grade 3 354
  • Grade 4 297
  • Grade 5 348
  • Grade 6 257
  • Grade 7 293
  • Grade 8 408
  • Grade 9 406
  • Grade 10 316
  • Grade 11 263
  • Grade 12 254

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 54%
  • White 29%
  • Black or African American 13%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,470 of 4,146 students in the 6 of its 7 schools that report
  • Free lunch 53%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,593 spent per student on day-to-day operations Florida median: $12,447 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,034
  • Support services $5,721
  • Other (food service, etc.) $838

Where the money comes from

  • Local 26%
  • State 43%
  • Federal 31%

Total revenue $65.5 milliontotal spending $68.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: DistantStudents: 89% town, 11% rural

Total staff (FTE)

599

District office

530 LASOLONA AVE, Arcadia FL 34266

County

Desoto County

Official website

NCES District ID

1200420

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About DESOTO

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of the School District of DeSoto is to prepare all students to be successful citizens and productive workers.
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