Florida Department of Education data for 2024/25 shows that the Leon County School Board leads the state in the number of assistant principal positions when controlled for the number of students. The analysis, provided below, shows that for school districts with more than 10,000 students (35 districts), LCS has one principal for every 340.8 students. These leads the state.
Pasco County, near Tampa, is second with 397.5 students for every assistant principal position. The state average is one assistant principal position for every 486.6 students.
The data shows that LCS employees 88 assistant principals. If LCS followed the state average, the number of assistant principals would be reduced to 62 positions, a decline of approximately 27%…