VISUALIZED AMERICAN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
STATE-BY-STATE DATA
VISUALIZED AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS · FL

Florida Public Schools

The canvas comes first: every public school district in Florida, drawn from the federal boundary files. The data layers — enrollment change, funding, teachers, achievement — are built on top of this map, Missouri-style, in phases.

THE DISTRICT MAP

School district boundaries

Hover any district for its name. Boundaries are the 2024–25 school-year files from NCES EDGE / U.S. Census TIGER.

MAP IN PREPARATION
The Florida district boundary file hasn’t been generated yet.
Run scripts/make_boundaries.sh to rebuild boundaries/florida.geojson, then redeploy.
Source: NCES EDGE Composite School District Boundaries, 2024–25 (via U.S. Census TIGER/Line). Unified school districts.

67 districts are drawn on this map.

A note about charter schools. Charter schools enroll about 14.2% of Florida’s public-school students, and they are not drawn individually on this map — they have no attendance boundary to draw. But in Florida most charter schools are authorized by district school boards, which means they generally sit inside the district boundaries you see here and count within those districts. What this map leaves out is the school-level detail, not the students themselves. A minority are authorized at the state level and enroll across district lines.
COMING NEXT

The Missouri playbook, applied to Florida

Each theme below becomes a page of interactive maps as Florida is built out. The national data backbone (NCES, Census F-33, SEDA, SAIPE) covers every theme; state-specific sources add depth.

ENROLLMENT & DEMOGRAPHICS
Who the schools serve
District-by-district enrollment change, student diversity, urban-to-rural patterns.
In development
FUNDING & FINANCE
What communities can raise
Per-pupil spending, local tax base, and the state's own funding formula pressure points.
In development
TEACHERS & ACHIEVEMENT
Classrooms and outcomes
Teacher workforce and pay, achievement vs. poverty, and pandemic recovery from SEDA.
In development