North Orlando News

There were 27,180 white students enrolled in Seminole County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 5.1% decrease from the 28,632 white 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, white students comprised 41.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 74 schools in Seminole County, Hagerty High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,542 students, making up 60.1% 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 white Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Seminole High School	28.8%	3,919
Lake Brantley High School	46.4%	2,815
Lake Mary High School	49.4%	2,684
Hagerty High School	60.1%	2,566
Oviedo High School	57.8%	2,267
Lake Howell High School	43.4%	2,201
Lyman High School	37.9%	2,056
Winter Springs High School	47%	2,005
Jackson Heights Middle School	54.1%	1,407
Sanford Middle School	28.3%	1,375
Milwee Middle School	34%	1,373
Millennium Middle School	25.4%	1,338
Chiles Middle School	64.4%	1,302
Indian Trails Middle School	56.7%	1,163
Teague Middle School	39.3%	1,136
Tuskawilla Middle School	43%	1,078
Lake Mary Elementary School	49.5%	965
Greenwood Lakes Middle School	38.4%	950
Carillon Elementary School	48.3%	940
Sabal Point Elementary School	55.6%	928
Bentley Elementary School	22.7%	917
Goldsboro Elementary Magnet	15.2%	916
Rock Lake Middle School	58%	914
Wilson Elementary School	44.3%	914
South Seminole Middle School	31.4%	910
Markham Woods Middle School	41%	881
Evans Elementary School	39.1%	869
Bear Lake Elementary School	38.2%	820
Wekiva Elementary School	56.4%	818
Midway Elementary School	12.9%	804
Rainbow Elementary School	52.2%	803
Galileo School for Gifted Learning Skyway	50.6%	797
Idyllwilde Elementary School	17.4%	794
Woodlands Elementary School	56.8%	792
Red Bug Elementary School	43.6%	782
Crooms Academy of Information Technology	43.5%	764
Forest City Elementary School	22.2%	744
Heathrow Elementary School	45.7%	744
Lawton Elementary School	57.7%	737
Sterling Park Elementary School	39.4%	733
Casselberry Elementary School	35.2%	719
Stenstrom Elementary School	45.6%	715
Walker Elementary School	64.1%	713
Crystal Lake Elementary School	37.5%	688
English Estates Elementary School	28.6%	682
Choices in Learning Charter	44.6%	671
Pine Crest Elementary School	15.2%	671
Hamilton Elementary School	18.5%	660
Eastbrook Elementary School	33.3%	652
Wicklow Elementary School	11.8%	642
Altamonte Elementary School	18.9%	623
Partin Elementary School	56.6%	618
Longwood Elementary School	39.4%	612
Galileo School for Gifted Learning	46.1%	594
Lake Orienta Elementary School	25%	577
Keeth Elementary School	65.3%	568
Layer Elementary School	36.7%	559
Seminole Science Charter School	32.4%	537
Spring Lake Elementary School	15.4%	531
Winter Springs Elementary School	30.6%	513
Highlands Elementary School	38.3%	509
Geneva Elementary School	77.9%	466
Seminole County Virtual Franchise (Scvs)	48.4%	258
Elevation High School	28.8%	226
UCP Seminole Child Development	23.6%	140
Journeys Academy	22.5%	138
Endeavor School	33.3%	36
Hospital Homebound Program	48.4%	31