County / FIPS 12131
Walton County
Florida
Walton County runs 23 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
23
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
1,038
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Walton County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$621.2M
Per resident
$8,249
Change since FY2021
+21%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $514M |
| 2022 | $472M |
| 2023 | $533M |
| 2024 | $570M |
| 2025 | $621M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Walton County ranks 758th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Walton County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast | Miramar Beach | |
| North Walton Doctors Hospital | Defuniak Springs | Not rated |
Public schools in Walton County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay School | Walton | Santa Rosa | 146 |
| Dune Lakes Elementary School | Walton | Santa Rosa Beach | 928 |
| Emerald Coast Middle School | Walton | Santa Rosa Beach | 868 |
| Freeport Elementary School | Walton | Freeport | 1,123 |
| Freeport Middle School | Walton | Freeport | 700 |
| Freeport Senior High School | Walton | Freeport | 557 |
| Maude Saunders Elementary School | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 553 |
| Mossy Head School | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 439 |
| Paxton School | Walton | Paxton | 819 |
| Seaside Neighborhood School | Walton | Santa Rosa Beach | 403 |
| South Walton High School | Walton | Santa Rosa Beach | 1,235 |
| Van R. Butler Elementary School | Walton | Santa Rosa Beach | 1,013 |
| Walton Academy Inc. | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 181 |
| Walton High School | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 856 |
| Walton Initiative for Success in Education (Wise) | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 215 |
| Walton Middle School | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 801 |
| West Defuniak Elementary School | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 669 |
| Walton Learning Center | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 29 |
| Walton Virtual Franchise | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 31 |
| Emerald Coast Technical College | Walton | Defuniak Springs | — |
| Walton County Jail Program | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 3 |
| Walton Virtual School Wcsd | Walton | Defuniak Springs | 6 |
| Walton Virtual School Full Time | Walton | Defuniak Springs | — |