Emerald Coast Times

There were 22,048 white students enrolled in Santa Rosa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 1.1% decrease from the 22,297 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Santa Rosa County welcomed a total of 29,561 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 74.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 38 schools in Santa Rosa County, Pace High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,716 students, making up 75.1% 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
Navarre High School	68.7%	2,430
Pace High School	75.1%	2,284
Milton High School	72%	2,027
Gulf Breeze High School	79%	1,977
East Bay K-8 School	70.8%	1,081
Pace K-8	84.7%	1,012
Woodlawn Beach Middle School	69.7%	945
Gulf Breeze Middle School	84.9%	914
Gulf Breeze Elementary School	84.5%	880
Bennett C. Russell Elementary School	74%	876
Berryhill Elementary School	77.7%	865
Thomas L. Sims Middle School	75.8%	850
Pea Ridge Elementary School	68.2%	822
Holley-Navarre Middle School	63.1%	803
West Navarre Intermediate School	68.7%	777
East Milton Elementary School	78.5%	771
Oriole Beach Elementary School	78.5%	771
Avalon Middle School	71.9%	768
W. H. Rhodes Elementary School	68.7%	760
Hobbs Middle School	72.4%	724
Holley-Navarre Intermediate School	62.3%	708
Central School	87.6%	696
Martin Luther King Middle School	70.8%	681
West Navarre Primary School	68%	668
Holley-Navarre Primary School	66.2%	651
S. S. Dixon Intermediate School	77.5%	640
S. S. Dixon Primary School	74.9%	629
Jay High School	93.7%	506
Bagdad Elementary School	67.9%	504
Jay Elementary School	92.2%	488
Chumuckla Elementary School	89.3%	338
T. R. Jackson PreK Center	62.1%	182
Santa Rosa Adult School	79.3%	169
Santa Rosa Virtual Franchise	74.6%	130
High Road	74%	123
Learning Academy of Santa Rosa	67.4%	89
Santa Rosa Online Virtual Instruction Program	81.8%	22