Asian enrollment falls in Pinellas County schools during 2023-24 school year

Asian enrollment falls in Pinellas County schools during 2023-24 school year
Manny Diaz,Jr., Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education — https://www.fldoe.org/about-us/commissioner.stml
0Comments

There were 3,369 Asian students enrolled in Pinellas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 3.9% decrease from the 3,507 Asian students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Pinellas County welcomed a total of 90,875 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 3.7% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 149 schools in Pinellas County, Dixie M. Hollins High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 190 students, making up 9.6% 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 Pinellas County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment in Pinellas County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name % of Asian Students Enrolment Total Enrollment
Palm Harbor University High School 6% 2,502
East Lake High School 3.8% 2,134
Largo High School 6.7% 2,109
Dixie M. Hollins High School 9.6% 1,975
Pinellas Park High School 6.3% 1,831
Northeast High School 6.4% 1,762
Osceola Fundamental High School 5.6% 1,715
St. Petersburg High School 9.8% 1,710
Clearwater High School 2.2% 1,637
Countryside High School 2.9% 1,593
Seminole High School 2% 1,388
Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8 4.2% 1,334
Boca Ciega High School 3.9% 1,211
Dunedin High School 1.5% 1,190
Gibbs High School 1.1% 1,131
Tarpon Springs High School 1.9% 1,086
Palm Harbor Middle School 1.5% 1,040
Pinellas Park Middle School 12% 1,018
Osceola Middle School 4.1% 986
Safety Harbor Middle School 1.6% 977
Fitzgerald Middle School 6.2% 971
Joseph L. Carwise Middle School 2.8% 957
Lakewood High School 2.7% 895
Pinellas Academy of Math and Science 1.8% 894
Dunedin Highland Middle School 4.7% 868
Tyrone Middle School 9.6% 822
James B. Sanderlin K-8 3.8% 816
Meadowlawn Middle School 5.2% 801
John Hopkins Middle School 1.6% 791
Thurgood Marshall Fundamental 4.9% 790
Pinellas Preparatory Academy 10.3% 783
Largo Middle School 3.6% 780
Seminole Middle School 1.4% 766
Oak Grove Middle School 1.8% 762
Clearwater Fundamental Middle School 2.9% 755
Cypress Woods Elementary School 3.1% 712
Shore Acres Elementary School 3.6% 695
Azalea Middle School 2% 684
Plumb Elementary School 3.2% 661
Discovery Academy of Science 3.2% 661
New Heights Elementary School 8.5% 659
Oakhurst Elementary School 1.5% 657
Leila Davis Elementary School 1.7% 655
Bay Point Middle School 1.7% 655
Safety Harbor Elementary School 1.7% 635
Sutherland Elementary School 2.5% 630
Tarpon Springs Middle School 2.7% 626
Plato Academy Clearwater 7.2% 624
Starkey Elementary School 5.4% 610
Frontier Elementary School 3.9% 609
Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School 2.8% 601
Sawgrass Lake Elementary School 2% 599
Garrison-Jones Elementary School 1.7% 598
Skyview Elementary School 9% 592
High Point Elementary School 2.2% 580
Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School 2% 559
Westgate Elementary School 5.6% 539
Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School 11.9% 537
Curtis Fundamental Elementary School 2.1% 536
Ridgecrest Elementary School 5.8% 533
Oldsmar Elementary School 5.1% 526
Dropout Prevention School 2.1% 517
Brooker Creek Elementary School 2.9% 509
Forest Lakes Elementary School 3.4% 501
Southern Oak Elementary School 2.4% 495
Lynch Elementary School 5.4% 484
Pinellas Central Elementary School 10.3% 484
Belcher Elementary School 2.1% 484
Highland Lakes Elementary School 2.6% 468
Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School 2.8% 463
Pinellas Park Elementary School 9.2% 459
Blanton Elementary School 11.2% 456
Azalea Elementary School 2.4% 451
Bardmoor Elementary School 5.4% 445
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School 10.3% 439
Fuguitt Elementary School 3.2% 437
Elisa Nelson Elementary School 5.1% 431
Northwest Elementary School 4.4% 430
Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School 3.5% 426
Athenian Academy 2.6% 418
Seminole Elementary School 4% 402
John M. Sexton Elementary School 7.2% 401
Lealman Avenue Elementary School 5.3% 393
East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering 3.6% 388
Walsingham Elementary School 3.7% 380
Mount Vernon Elementary School 4.6% 373
Plato Academy of St.petersburg 8.1% 370
Midtown Academy 3% 366
Plato Academy Largo Charter School 7.4% 337
Plato Seminole 4% 329
Cross Bayou Elementary School 10.5% 323
Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School 5.1% 316
Woodlawn Elementary School 3.9% 256
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School 13.1% 244
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School North Pinellas 4.8% 209


Related

Asian enrollment falls in Pinellas County schools during 2023-24 school year

Multiracial enrollment rises in Pinellas County schools during 2023-24 school year

In Pinellas County schools, 5.6% of students enrolled identified as multiracial in the 2023-24 school year.

Asian enrollment falls in Pinellas County schools during 2023-24 school year

Hispanic students made up 20.4% of Pinellas County schools enrollment in 2023-24 school year

In Pinellas County schools, 20.4% of students enrolled identified as Hispanic in the 2023-24 school year.

White students made up 50.3% of Pinellas County schools enrollment in 2023-24 school year

White students made up 50.3% of Pinellas County schools enrollment in 2023-24 school year

There were 45,728 white students enrolled in Pinellas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Trending

The Weekly Newsletter

Sign-up for the Weekly Newsletter from St. Pete Standard.