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Destin 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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
4325 Commons Drive
Destin, FL 32541
Phone
(850) 424-1664
District
OKALOOSA
County
OKALOOSA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
557
Classroom Teachers
26

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

7

(10 is best)

Better than 63.8% of all FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Destin High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
53%
43%
58%
48%
48%
38%
53%
43%
58%
48%
48%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
55%
50%
44%
50%
65%
49%
55%
50%
44%
50%
65%
49%
    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
21
19
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 166 29.8%
Grade 10 158 28.4%
Grade 11 148 26.6%
Grade 12 85 15.3%
Total 557 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 79.3% 68.7% 37.2%
Black 6.7% 11.7% 21.8%
Hispanic 10.8% 16.9% 37.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.2% 1.9% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 0.8% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 18.0% 45.5% 52.2%
Free lunch eligible 16.9% 40.0% 48.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.1% 5.5% 3.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 214,281 22,610,726
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 230.5 416
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.2% 16.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.2% 31.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.9% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 16.4% 21.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 84,123 8,550,911
Single Parent Households With Children 7.5% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.4% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.2% 33.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.6% 18.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.2% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.7% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.4% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.1% 15.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.6% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 5.5% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,729 $218,203,000 55.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $421 $13,656,000 3.4%
Staff $361 $11,718,000 3.0%
General Administration $116 $3,772,000 1.0%
School Administration $703 $22,789,000 5.7%
Operation $1,042 $33,795,000 8.5%
Transportation $410 $13,303,000 3.4%
Other $293 $9,507,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,347 $108,540,000 27.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,165 $70,213,000 17.7%
Total Expenditures $12,242 $396,956,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,069 $17,407,883,000 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $527 $1,512,050,000 4.5%
Staff $633 $1,814,776,000 5.4%
General Administration $105 $300,687,000 0.9%
School Administration $536 $1,538,939,000 4.6%
Operation $1,086 $3,114,724,000 9.3%
Transportation $337 $967,831,000 2.9%
Other $284 $815,478,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,509 $10,064,485,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,051 $5,882,029,000 17.6%
Total Expenditures $11,628 $33,354,397,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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