Emerald Coast Times

There were 22,802 white students enrolled in Santa Rosa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 0.5% increase from the 22,683 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Santa Rosa County welcomed a total of 30,764 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 74.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 37 schools in Santa Rosa County, Pace High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,752 students, making up 78.2% of the school's total student body.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in its 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrollment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked ninth out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

School name	% of white Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Navarre High School	68.7	2,406
Pace High School	78.2	2,240
Milton High School	71.8	2,085
Gulf Breeze High School	80.2	1,978
Thomas L. Sims Middle School	78.5	1,098
East Bay K-8 School	71.9	1,032
Woodlawn Beach Middle School	70.9	948
Gulf Breeze Middle School	84.3	936
Berryhill Elementary School	75.8	923
S. S. Dixon Intermediate School	81.3	920
Pea Ridge Elementary School	70.4	837
S. S. Dixon Primary School	79.3	834
Gulf Breeze Elementary School	85.7	831
Holley-Navarre Middle School	65.8	830
Bennett C. Russell Elementary School	73.7	819
West Navarre Intermediate School	67.9	813
W. H. Rhodes Elementary School	67.4	812
Oriole Beach Elementary School	77.8	799
East Milton Elementary School	78.6	789
Holley-Navarre Primary School	67.4	771
Avalon Middle School	73	767
Holley-Navarre Intermediate School	66.1	725
West Navarre Primary School	68.5	723
Hobbs Middle School	70.6	700
Martin Luther King Middle School	73.3	660
Central School	88.5	643
Jay High School	93.4	512
Jay Elementary School	92	511
Bagdad Elementary School	71.5	498
Chumuckla Elementary School	89.4	367
T. R. Jackson PreK Center	65.2	201
Santa Rosa Virtual Franchise	52.6	156
Santa Rosa Adult School	75.2	149
Learning Academy of Santa Rosa	63.9	119
High Road	20.6	107
Ese Development Center	80.3	66