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Orange County · Florida

Orlando, FL public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Orange — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Orange is the primary public district for Orlando, FL. It enrolls 207,561 students in 276 schools with 11,411 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $13,197 per pupil, 24% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
207,561NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
276Operating school count
Students per teacher
18.2Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$13,197Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Orlando

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
52%
$1,457,844,000
State revenue
32.5%
$910,627,000
Federal revenue
15.5%
$433,520,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Orlando property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 47 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Orlando numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

$13,197 per pupil is 24% below the $17,320 metro median; only 18% of tracked districts spend less. Only 47 cents of each dollar ($6,198 per student) is classified as instruction, so a large share goes to support services, facilities and transport — common in districts with long bus routes or older buildings.

Funding is split roughly evenly — 52% local, 32.5% state — so both the local tax base and the FL aid formula matter to what this district can spend. Federal dollars are an outsized 15.5% of revenue, a share that tracks concentrated student poverty (Title I) and special-education enrollment.

207,561 students across 276 schools averages 752 students per building, and the district is larger than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). Staffing is thin relative to peers: 18.2 students per FTE teacher against a 15.2 median, 3 students more per teacher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Orange is a large city district; figures are the district total (LEAID 1201440) and individual schools inside it vary widely. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 1201440. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.