Total enrollment
10,082
+2,102 (+26%) vs SY 2020-21
19 schools in PUTNAM
Florida · 10,082 students · 7 cities
From elementary through high school, PUTNAM runs 19 public K-12 schools (10 elementary, 1 middle, and 4 high), with combined enrollment of about 10,082.
4-year change in PUTNAM
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
18
+2 (+13%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How PUTNAM ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Florida | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #59 of 63 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 10,082 | #39 of 70 | #908 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 18 | #39 of 70 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #62 of 70 | #8,300 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 54.5% | #22 of 70 | #3,525 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #24 of 68 | #1,112 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside PUTNAM
State test results across the district's 14 scored schools run from Q.I. ROBERTS JR. - SR. HIGH SCHOOL at 85.2% proficient to INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL at 33.5%, a gap of 51.7 points. That is the 25th widest gap among 62 Florida districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About PUTNAM
PUTNAM is a thinly populated Florida school district running 19 schools with combined enrollment near 10,082.
For a sense of the school types, PUTNAM spans 10 elementary, 1 middle, 4 high schools, and 4 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 531 in this district, meaningfully below the Florida typical of 705.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment expanded 26%: 7,980 students in SY 2020-21 versus 10,082 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 16 to 18 across the same 4-year window.
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