There were 18,534 Hispanic students enrolled in Pinellas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 0.1% increase from the 18,511 Hispanic 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, Hispanic students comprised 20.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 149 schools in Pinellas County, Pinellas Park High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 614 students, making up 33.5% 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 Hispanic Students Enrolment | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Harbor University High School | 13.1% | 2,502 |
| East Lake High School | 16.6% | 2,134 |
| Largo High School | 25.2% | 2,109 |
| Dixie M. Hollins High School | 22.8% | 1,975 |
| Pinellas Park High School | 33.5% | 1,831 |
| Northeast High School | 18.9% | 1,762 |
| Osceola Fundamental High School | 14% | 1,715 |
| St. Petersburg High School | 16.6% | 1,710 |
| Clearwater High School | 36.7% | 1,637 |
| Countryside High School | 26.6% | 1,593 |
| Seminole High School | 12.8% | 1,388 |
| Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8 | 12.1% | 1,334 |
| Boca Ciega High School | 11.1% | 1,211 |
| Dunedin High School | 27.4% | 1,190 |
| Gibbs High School | 9.6% | 1,131 |
| Tarpon Springs High School | 21.8% | 1,086 |
| Palm Harbor Middle School | 19% | 1,040 |
| Pinellas Park Middle School | 24.5% | 1,018 |
| Osceola Middle School | 17.7% | 986 |
| Safety Harbor Middle School | 33.1% | 977 |
| Fitzgerald Middle School | 34.3% | 971 |
| Joseph L. Carwise Middle School | 19.5% | 957 |
| Lakewood High School | 8.3% | 895 |
| Pinellas Academy of Math and Science | 26.1% | 894 |
| Dunedin Highland Middle School | 22.5% | 868 |
| Tyrone Middle School | 25.3% | 822 |
| James B. Sanderlin K-8 | 7.6% | 816 |
| Meadowlawn Middle School | 23.8% | 801 |
| John Hopkins Middle School | 12.9% | 791 |
| Thurgood Marshall Fundamental | 9.7% | 790 |
| Pinellas Preparatory Academy | 16.9% | 783 |
| Largo Middle School | 28.6% | 780 |
| Seminole Middle School | 12.1% | 766 |
| Ozona Elementary School | 13% | 763 |
| Oak Grove Middle School | 44.4% | 762 |
| Clearwater Fundamental Middle School | 22.8% | 755 |
| Cypress Woods Elementary School | 11.8% | 712 |
| Shore Acres Elementary School | 15.4% | 695 |
| Azalea Middle School | 17.1% | 684 |
| Plumb Elementary School | 26.9% | 661 |
| Discovery Academy of Science | 17.9% | 661 |
| New Heights Elementary School | 30.8% | 659 |
| Oakhurst Elementary School | 13.4% | 657 |
| Leila Davis Elementary School | 20.9% | 655 |
| Bay Point Middle School | 9% | 655 |
| Safety Harbor Elementary School | 19.5% | 635 |
| Sutherland Elementary School | 13.2% | 630 |
| Eisenhower Elementary School | 45.2% | 629 |
| Tarpon Springs Middle School | 19.2% | 626 |
| Plato Academy Clearwater | 21.8% | 624 |
| Curlew Creek Elementary School | 18.7% | 620 |
| Starkey Elementary School | 16.9% | 610 |
| Frontier Elementary School | 33% | 609 |
| Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School | 11.3% | 601 |
| Sawgrass Lake Elementary School | 24.5% | 599 |
| Garrison-Jones Elementary School | 29.8% | 598 |
| Skyview Elementary School | 28% | 592 |
| High Point Elementary School | 52.4% | 580 |
| Lake St. George Elementary School | 14.9% | 572 |
| Perkins Elementary School | 9.1% | 569 |
| Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School | 11.1% | 559 |
| Bauder Elementary School | 12.3% | 554 |
| Richard O. Jacobson Technical High School at Seminole | 16.8% | 553 |
| Ponce De Leon Elementary School | 35.7% | 546 |
| Skycrest Elementary School | 60.7% | 544 |
| Westgate Elementary School | 26.2% | 539 |
| Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School | 19.6% | 537 |
| Curtis Fundamental Elementary School | 14% | 536 |
| Ridgecrest Elementary School | 11.6% | 533 |
| Oldsmar Elementary School | 20.9% | 526 |
| Mildred Helms Elementary School | 25.1% | 521 |
| Dropout Prevention School | 18.6% | 517 |
| Brooker Creek Elementary School | 13.6% | 509 |
| Forest Lakes Elementary School | 24.2% | 501 |
| Southern Oak Elementary School | 23.6% | 495 |
| Dunedin Elementary School | 38.6% | 495 |
| Lynch Elementary School | 16.7% | 484 |
| Pinellas Central Elementary School | 25.4% | 484 |
| Belcher Elementary School | 23.3% | 484 |
| Tarpon Springs Elementary School | 33.5% | 472 |
| Anona Elementary School | 21.1% | 470 |
| Highland Lakes Elementary School | 15.8% | 468 |
| Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School | 17.3% | 463 |
| Campbell Park Elementary School | 4.1% | 462 |
| Pinellas Park Elementary School | 31.8% | 459 |
| Fairmount Park Elementary School | 7% | 459 |
| Blanton Elementary School | 23.9% | 456 |
| Belleair Elementary School | 48.3% | 453 |
| Azalea Elementary School | 22% | 451 |
| North Shore Elementary School | 12.7% | 448 |
| Bardmoor Elementary School | 23.4% | 445 |
| Sunset Hills Elementary School | 15.1% | 444 |
| Lakewood Elementary School | 6.6% | 440 |
| McMullen-Booth Elementary School | 33.9% | 440 |
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School | 22.6% | 439 |
| Fuguitt Elementary School | 20.8% | 437 |
| Elisa Nelson Elementary School | 10.4% | 431 |
| Northwest Elementary School | 19.1% | 430 |
| Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School | 31.2% | 426 |
| Orange Grove Elementary School | 18.9% | 424 |
| Athenian Academy | 29.9% | 418 |
| Seminole Elementary School | 16.9% | 402 |
| Bay Point Elementary School | 9% | 401 |
| John M. Sexton Elementary School | 21.4% | 401 |
| Lealman Innovation Academy | 5.8% | 394 |
| Lealman Avenue Elementary School | 27.5% | 393 |
| East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering | 9.5% | 388 |
| Walsingham Elementary School | 29.5% | 380 |
| Gulfport Montessori Elementary School | 13.7% | 379 |
| Mount Vernon Elementary School | 16.9% | 373 |
| Maximo Elementary School | 4% | 372 |
| Plato Academy of St.petersburg | 14.6% | 370 |
| Plato Academy Charter School Tarpon Springs | 13.9% | 367 |
| Midtown Academy | 10.7% | 366 |
| Melrose Elementary School | 6.1% | 363 |
| Enterprise Charter High School | 27.2% | 357 |
| Plato Academy Palm Harbor Charter School | 12.5% | 353 |
| Plato Academy Largo Charter School | 23.4% | 337 |
| San Jose Elementary School | 11.9% | 335 |
| Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School | 14.4% | 333 |
| Academie Da Vinci Charter School | 13.9% | 331 |
| Plato Seminole | 13.4% | 329 |
| Cross Bayou Elementary School | 22.3% | 323 |
| Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School | 9.5% | 316 |
| Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy | 25.3% | 316 |
| Sandy Lane Elementary School | 19.2% | 308 |
| Kings Highway Elementary Magnet School | 22.4% | 277 |
| Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School | 11.4% | 272 |
| Bear Creek Elementary School | 14% | 265 |
| Woodlawn Elementary School | 19.5% | 256 |
| St. Petersburg Collegiate High School | 16% | 244 |
| Pinellas Virtual Franchise | 17% | 218 |
| St. Petersburg Collegiate High School North Pinellas | 14.4% | 209 |
| Ese Countywide | 16.7% | 209 |
| Clearwater Intermediate School | 23.3% | 172 |
| Bayside High School | 21.2% | 170 |
| Paul B. Stephens Ese Center | 20.3% | 148 |
| Pinellas Mycroschool of Integrated Academics and Technologie | 8.2% | 147 |
| Nina Harris Ese Center | 18.8% | 144 |
| Calvin A. Hunsinger School | 13% | 115 |
| Disston Academy | 12.9% | 101 |
| Pinellas Teleschool | 15.3% | 98 |
| Chi Chi Rodriquez Academy | 18.4% | 76 |
