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Desoto County High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1710 E Gibson St
Arcadia, FL 34266
Phone
(863) 494-3434
District
DESOTO
County
DESOTO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1244
Classroom Teachers
69

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

2

(10 is best)

Better than 20.0% of all FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Desoto County High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
21%
44%
32%
51%
10%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
28%
49%
30%
49%
26%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
18
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 327 26.3%
Grade 10 325 26.1%
Grade 11 288 23.2%
Grade 12 304 24.4%
Total 1244 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 38.5% 35.5% 37.9%
Black 10.9% 11.7% 22.1%
Hispanic 49.9% 51.8% 36.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.6% 2.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 57.1% 64.5% 54.0%
Free lunch eligible 55.8% 62.6% 50.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.3% 1.9% 3.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 34,027 22,244,823
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 53.2 409
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.9% 16.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.5% 31.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.0% 26.1%
65 OR OLDER 21.7% 20.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,207 8,353,441
Single Parent Households With Children 8.8% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 74.8% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 12.7% 32.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 4.2% 16.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 6.9% 16.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.1% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 23.5% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 26.2% 11.8%
$15,000 or less 12.6% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,424 $26,789,136 50.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $527 $2,602,853 4.9%
Staff $781 $3,857,359 7.3%
General Administration $216 $1,066,824 2.0%
School Administration $576 $2,844,864 5.4%
Operation $1,141 $5,635,399 10.7%
Transportation $448 $2,212,672 4.2%
Other $463 $2,286,757 4.3%
Total Support $4,152 $20,506,728 38.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,127 $5,566,253 10.5%
Total Expenditures $10,703 $52,862,117 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,112 $17,265,628,708 52.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $478 $1,349,528,117 4.1%
Staff $630 $1,780,076,891 5.5%
General Administration $94 $266,053,333 0.8%
School Administration $539 $1,522,617,570 4.7%
Operation $1,033 $2,918,193,171 8.9%
Transportation $354 $999,510,943 3.1%
Other $265 $749,659,946 2.3%
Total Support $3,393 $9,585,888,752 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,041 $5,766,642,880 17.7%
Total Expenditures $11,546 $32,617,996,570 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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