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Black students made up 14.4% of Seminole County's only school district enrollment in 2023-24 school year

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Manny Diaz, Jr. Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education | https://www.flbog.edu/member/21325/

Manny Diaz, Jr. Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education | https://www.flbog.edu/member/21325/

There were 9,419 Black students enrolled in Seminole County's only school district in the 2023-24 school year, a 1.9% decrease from the 9,604 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Seminole County welcomed a total of 65,443 students at the time. Among them, Black students comprised 14.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was white, accounting for 41.6% of the students (27,204), followed by Hispanic students who made up 32% of the student population (20,941).

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.

According to the National Education Association (NEA), Florida ranks 50th in the U.S. in terms of teacher salaries, only ahead of West Virginia.

Ethnicities in Seminole County in 2023-24 School Year

White [41.6%]Hispanic [32%]Black [14.4%]Asian [6.6%]Ethnicities with <5% [5.2%]

Enrollment Demographics in Seminole County Only School District During 2023-24 School Year
DistrictNo. of Black StudentsTotal District Enrollment% of Total Enrollment
Seminole County School District9,41965,44314.4%

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