North Orlando News

There were 9,406 Black students enrolled in Seminole County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 1.7% decrease from the 9,573 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Seminole County welcomed a total of 65,438 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 14.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 74 schools in Seminole County, Seminole High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,124 students, making up 28.7% of the school's total student body.

Gov. DeSantis has approved an education budget of over $28 billion for the 2024-25 school year. The new budget includes more than $1 billion earmarked exclusively for teacher salaries to better address the teacher shortage the state faces.

A 2024 WalletHub study ranked Florida 49th in the nation for teacher salaries when adjusted for cost of living, making it one of the lowest in the U.S.

School name	% of Black Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Seminole High School	28.7%	3,919
Lake Brantley High School	12%	2,815
Lake Mary High School	12%	2,684
Hagerty High School	5.5%	2,566
Oviedo High School	8.2%	2,267
Lake Howell High School	9.4%	2,201
Lyman High School	18.5%	2,056
Winter Springs High School	9.9%	2,005
Jackson Heights Middle School	8.8%	1,407
Sanford Middle School	19.5%	1,375
Milwee Middle School	20.8%	1,373
Millennium Middle School	29.7%	1,338
Chiles Middle School	3.3%	1,302
Indian Trails Middle School	8.4%	1,163
Teague Middle School	15.3%	1,136
Tuskawilla Middle School	12.1%	1,078
Lake Mary Elementary School	8.5%	965
Greenwood Lakes Middle School	16.6%	950
Carillon Elementary School	4.4%	940
Sabal Point Elementary School	6.6%	928
Bentley Elementary School	25.1%	917
Goldsboro Elementary Magnet	18%	916
Rock Lake Middle School	6.3%	914
Wilson Elementary School	9%	914
South Seminole Middle School	16.2%	910
Markham Woods Middle School	23.6%	881
Evans Elementary School	10.7%	869
Bear Lake Elementary School	15.5%	820
Wekiva Elementary School	6.5%	818
Midway Elementary School	44.8%	804
Rainbow Elementary School	5.1%	803
Galileo School for Gifted Learning Skyway	6.6%	797
Idyllwilde Elementary School	38.8%	794
Woodlands Elementary School	4.4%	792
Red Bug Elementary School	7.7%	782
Crooms Academy of Information Technology	12.4%	764
Forest City Elementary School	17.6%	744
Heathrow Elementary School	6.7%	744
Lawton Elementary School	5.8%	737
Sterling Park Elementary School	10.5%	733
Casselberry Elementary School	11%	719
Stenstrom Elementary School	9.1%	715
Walker Elementary School	1.8%	713
Crystal Lake Elementary School	13.4%	688
English Estates Elementary School	19.2%	682
Choices in Learning Charter	4.8%	671
Pine Crest Elementary School	31.9%	671
Hamilton Elementary School	38.8%	660
Eastbrook Elementary School	10.7%	652
Wicklow Elementary School	28%	642
Altamonte Elementary School	30.5%	623
Partin Elementary School	5.3%	618
Longwood Elementary School	9.6%	612
Galileo School for Gifted Learning	8.1%	594
Lake Orienta Elementary School	25.6%	577
Keeth Elementary School	3.7%	568
Layer Elementary School	11.6%	559
Seminole Science Charter School	6.9%	537
Spring Lake Elementary School	21.8%	531
Winter Springs Elementary School	13.5%	513
Highlands Elementary School	7.1%	509
Geneva Elementary School	2.1%	466
Seminole County Virtual Franchise (Scvs)	11.2%	258
Elevation High School	30.5%	226
UCP Seminole Child Development	18.6%	140
Journeys Academy	42%	138
Scps Early Learning Center	43.2%	74
Seminole County Detention Center	51.1%	45
Endeavor School	36.1%	36
Scps Consequence Unit	60.6%	33