Emerald Coast Times

The majority of students in Santa Rosa County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Of the 30,764 students attending Santa Rosa County schools, 74.1% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 9.3% of Santa Rosa County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common ethnicity in Santa Rosa County, representing 73.7% of the student body.

Holley-Navarre Middle School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, including 65.8% white students, 13.4% Hispanic students, 12.4% multiracial students, 5.7% Black students, and 1.8% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased by 0.6% when compared to the previous year.

Florida's choice to stick with in-person classes during the pandemic may have shielded students from significant learning setbacks. A recent Harvard study highlighted that districts heavily reliant on remote learning saw the most significant declines in student achievement amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Interestingly, gaps in math achievement by race and school poverty did not widen in school districts in states such as Texas and Florida and elsewhere that remained largely in-person, said Thomas Kane, professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

School Name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Avalon Middle School	White	73%	767
Bagdad Elementary School	White	71.5%	498
Bennett C. Russell Elementary School	White	73.8%	819
Berryhill Elementary School	White	76.6%	923
Central School	White	88.5%	643
Chumuckla Elementary School	White	89.4%	367
East Bay K-8 School	White	71.9%	1,032
East Milton Elementary School	White	78.6%	789
Ese Development Center	White	80.3%	66
Gulf Breeze Elementary School	White	85.7%	831
Gulf Breeze High School	White	80.2%	1,978
Gulf Breeze Middle School	White	84.3%	936
High Road	White	73.8%	107
Hobbs Middle School	White	70.6%	700
Holley-Navarre Intermediate School	White	66.1%	725
Holley-Navarre Middle School	White	65.8%	830
Holley-Navarre Primary School	White	67.4%	771
Jay Elementary School	White	92%	511
Jay High School	White	93.4%	512
Learning Academy of Santa Rosa	White	75.6%	119
Martin Luther King Middle School	White	73.3%	660
Milton High School	White	71.8%	2,085
Navarre High School	White	68.7%	2,406
Oriole Beach Elementary School	White	78.1%	799
Pace High School	White	78.2%	2,240
Pea Ridge Elementary School	White	70.4%	837
S. S. Dixon Intermediate School	White	81.3%	920
S. S. Dixon Primary School	White	79.4%	834
Santa Rosa Adult School	White	80.5%	149
Santa Rosa Online Virtual Instruction Program	White	76%	25
Santa Rosa Virtual Franchise	White	69.2%	156
T. R. Jackson PreK Center	White	65.2%	201
Thomas L. Sims Middle School	White	78.5%	1,098
W. H. Rhodes Elementary School	White	67.4%	812
West Navarre Intermediate School	White	67.9%	813
West Navarre Primary School	White	68.5%	723
Woodlawn Beach Middle School	White	70.9%	948