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Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 9.1% of Santa Rosa County's student body 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 2,679 multiracial students enrolled in Santa Rosa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 2.1% increase from the 2,625 multiracial 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, multiracial students comprised 9.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 38 schools in Santa Rosa County, Navarre High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 240 students, making up 9.9% 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.

Ethnicities in Santa Rosa County in 2023-24 School Year

White [74.6%]Multiracial [9.1%]Hispanic [8.9%]Ethnicities with <5% [6.4%]

Enrollment in Santa Rosa County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of multiracial Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Navarre High School9.9%2,430
Pace High School9%2,284
Milton High School9.4%2,027
Gulf Breeze High School6.8%1,977
East Bay K-8 School10.3%1,081
Pace K-85.2%1,012
Woodlawn Beach Middle School9.5%945
Gulf Breeze Middle School6%914
Gulf Breeze Elementary School7%880
Bennett C. Russell Elementary School10.7%876
Berryhill Elementary School8.9%865
Thomas L. Sims Middle School8%850
Pea Ridge Elementary School13.5%822
Holley-Navarre Middle School12.8%803
West Navarre Intermediate School10.6%777
East Milton Elementary School8.4%771
Oriole Beach Elementary School7.9%771
Avalon Middle School9.5%768
W. H. Rhodes Elementary School11.4%760
Hobbs Middle School10.1%724
Holley-Navarre Intermediate School12.4%708
Central School4.9%696
Martin Luther King Middle School14%681
West Navarre Primary School10.6%668
Holley-Navarre Primary School11.1%651
S. S. Dixon Intermediate School8.1%640
S. S. Dixon Primary School10.2%629
Jay High School3.2%506
Bagdad Elementary School11.9%504
Jay Elementary School3.1%488
Chumuckla Elementary School4.7%338
T. R. Jackson PreK Center14.8%182
Santa Rosa Adult School7.7%169
Santa Rosa Virtual Franchise14.6%130