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Florida School District

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Florida and Monroe.

Florida’s Schools page →

Students
83
Schools
1
Spent per student
$25,047
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
5:1
The gist

What stands out about Florida School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 7% of Massachusetts districts
  • Math proficiency 24 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 22 pts below the state
  • Spends 6% less per student than the MA average
  • 5 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 7% of the 394 Massachusetts school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
D
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
Florida 700Monroe 115

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Florida. Grade by grade →

PK–8Abbott MemorialThis district

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22
Math proficiency15–19%
State average 40.7% · 63 students tested
Reading / language arts20–24%
State average 43.7% · 63 students tested

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$25,047 per student · 6% below MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 60%Support & administration 40%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 44%State 47%Federal 9%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
80’20
104’21
92’22
85’23
83’24

Up 3.8% since 2020–21.

Students
White 88%Two or more races 8%Hispanic 4%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools.

Abbott Memorial
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Florida
D
83 students5:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Mohawk Trail School District in RoweRowe
Rowe School DistrictRowe
$37,689per student
Clarksburg School DistrictClarksburg
$15,615per student
Hawlemont School DistrictCharlemont
$52,500per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Massachusetts.