Pinellas County's student body primarily comprised of white students in 2023-24 school year

FL Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. 2023 | Commissioner of Education

By St. Pete Standard

Sep 17, 2024

white students made up the largest ethnic group enrolled in Pinellas County County school districts during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Of the 91,021 students attending Pinellas County schools, 50.3% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 20.4% of Pinellas County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common ethnicity in Pinellas County, representing 52.7% of the student body.

New Heights Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, including 30.8% Hispanic students, 26.7% Black students, 26.3% white students, 8.5% Asian students, and 7.7% multiracial students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in the county dropped 2.9% when compared to the previous year.

Meanwhile, Florida continues to face a teacher shortage in the 2023-24 school year. Despite some improvements, the state reported nearly 4,800 instructional vacancies at the beginning of the year. According to the Florida Department of Education, core subjects such as English, reading, and math among the areas with the highest demand for teachers.

According to the National Education Association (NEA), Florida ranked 50th in the U.S. for teacher pay in the 2022-23 school year, with salaries lower than they were a decade ago when adjusted for inflation.

Governor DeSantis's budget for the 2024-25 school year allocates nearly $38 billion for education, with $1.25 billion dedicated to teachers' salaries and other instructional personnel.

Ethnicities in Pinellas County in 2023-24 School Year

Students' Ethnicity Percentage in Pinellas County Schools in 2023-24 School Year

School Name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Academie Da Vinci Charter School	White	79.5%	331
Anona Elementary School	White	61.9%	470
Athenian Academy	White	51.9%	418
Azalea Elementary School	White	54.8%	451
Azalea Middle School	Black	49%	684
Bardmoor Elementary School	White	53.9%	445
Bauder Elementary School	White	79.8%	554
Bay Point Elementary School	Black	75.8%	401
Bay Point Middle School	Black	71.2%	655
Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School	White	39.3%	601
Bayside High School	Black	43.5%	170
Bear Creek Elementary School	Black	50.9%	265
Belcher Elementary School	White	53.3%	484
Belleair Elementary School	Hispanic	48.3%	453
Blanton Elementary School	White	37.7%	456
Boca Ciega High School	Black	51.9%	1,211
Brooker Creek Elementary School	White	76%	509
Calvin A. Hunsinger School	Black	39.1%	115
Campbell Park Elementary School	Black	82.7%	462
Chi Chi Rodriquez Academy	White	52.6%	76
Clearwater Fundamental Middle School	White	64.6%	755
Clearwater High School	Hispanic	36.7%	1,637
Clearwater Intermediate School	Black	43%	172
Countryside High School	White	54.4%	1,593
Cross Bayou Elementary School	White	48.3%	323
Curlew Creek Elementary School	White	66.9%	620
Curtis Fundamental Elementary School	White	73.5%	536
Cypress Woods Elementary School	White	77.3%	712
Discovery Academy of Science	White	66.4%	661
Disston Academy	Black	64.4%	101
Dixie M. Hollins High School	White	48.5%	1,975
Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School	Black	42.8%	559
Dropout Prevention School	White	38.1%	517
Dunedin Elementary School	Hispanic	38.6%	495
Dunedin High School	White	55.1%	1,190
Dunedin Highland Middle School	White	43.9%	868
East Lake High School	White	71.4%	2,134
East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering	White	80.4%	388
Eisenhower Elementary School	Hispanic	45.2%	629
Elisa Nelson Elementary School	White	76.8%	431
Enterprise Charter High School	White	47.3%	357
Ese Countywide	White	55.5%	209
Fairmount Park Elementary School	Black	84.5%	459
Fitzgerald Middle School	White	37.3%	971
Forest Lakes Elementary School	White	61.9%	501
Frontier Elementary School	White	39.7%	609
Fuguitt Elementary School	White	47.6%	437
Garrison-Jones Elementary School	White	58.5%	598
Gibbs High School	Black	58.4%	1,131
Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School	White	67.9%	333
Gulfport Montessori Elementary School	Black	63.9%	379
High Point Elementary School	Hispanic	52.4%	580
Highland Lakes Elementary School	White	70.9%	468
Hospital/Homebound	White	51.5%	66
James B. Sanderlin K-8	White	40.4%	816
John Hopkins Middle School	Black	42.7%	791
John M. Sexton Elementary School	White	40.7%	401
Joseph L. Carwise Middle School	White	67.2%	957
Kings Highway Elementary Magnet School	Black	56.3%	277
Lake St. George Elementary School	White	71.2%	572
Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School	White	43.4%	316
Lakewood Elementary School	Black	73.2%	440
Lakewood High School	Black	65.3%	895
Largo High School	White	45.5%	2,109
Largo Middle School	White	40.4%	780
Lealman Avenue Elementary School	Black	34.1%	393
Lealman Innovation Academy	Black	68%	394
Leila Davis Elementary School	White	66%	655
Lynch Elementary School	White	58.3%	484
Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8	White	74.6%	1,334
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	White	34.9%	439
Maximo Elementary School	Black	79.3%	372
McMullen-Booth Elementary School	White	43.2%	440
Meadowlawn Middle School	White	43.2%	801
Melrose Elementary School	Black	85.7%	363
Midtown Academy	White	46.7%	366
Mildred Helms Elementary School	White	46.5%	521
Mount Vernon Elementary School	White	38.9%	373
New Heights Elementary School	Hispanic	30.8%	659
Nina Harris Ese Center	White	49.3%	144
North Shore Elementary School	White	57.1%	448
Northeast High School	White	49.8%	1,762
Northwest Elementary School	White	50.7%	430
Oak Grove Middle School	Hispanic	44.4%	762
Oakhurst Elementary School	White	73.8%	657
Oldsmar Elementary School	White	59.9%	526
Orange Grove Elementary School	White	64.4%	424
Osceola Fundamental High School	White	73%	1,715
Osceola Middle School	White	61.9%	986
Ozona Elementary School	White	79.8%	763
Pace Center for Girls	White	70%	40
Palm Harbor Middle School	White	72.4%	1,040
Palm Harbor University High School	White	74.8%	2,502
Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School	White	68.7%	463
Paul B. Stephens Ese Center	White	64.2%	148
Perkins Elementary School	Black	53.8%	569
Pinellas Academy of Math and Science	White	55.9%	894
Pinellas Central Elementary School	White	36.6%	484
Pinellas County Jail	Black	68.8%	16
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy	White	56%	316
Pinellas Juvenile Det Center	Black	59%	83
Pinellas Mycroschool of Integrated Academics and Technologie	Black	59.2%	147
Pinellas Park Elementary School	Hispanic	31.8%	459
Pinellas Park High School	White	39.9%	1,831
Pinellas Park Middle School	White	41.2%	1,018
Pinellas Preparatory Academy	White	61.9%	783
Pinellas Secondary School	Black	67.1%	79
Pinellas Teleschool	Black	66.3%	98
Pinellas Virtual Franchise	White	60.6%	218
Plato Academy Charter School Tarpon Springs	White	77.4%	367
Plato Academy Clearwater	White	55.9%	624
Plato Academy Largo Charter School	White	57.9%	337
Plato Academy Palm Harbor Charter School	White	79.6%	353
Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School	White	53.5%	537
Plato Academy of St.petersburg	White	63%	370
Plato Seminole	White	70.5%	329
Plumb Elementary School	White	53%	661
Ponce De Leon Elementary School	Hispanic	35.7%	546
Richard L. Sanders School	White	45.5%	55
Richard O. Jacobson Technical High School at Seminole	White	68.4%	553
Ridgecrest Elementary School	Black	37.3%	533
Safety Harbor Elementary School	White	65.8%	635
Safety Harbor Middle School	White	49%	977
San Jose Elementary School	White	71.3%	335
Sandy Lane Elementary School	Black	55.2%	308
Sawgrass Lake Elementary School	White	44.1%	599
Seminole Elementary School	White	66.2%	402
Seminole High School	White	73.9%	1,388
Seminole Middle School	White	67.2%	766
Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School	White	43.7%	426
Shore Acres Elementary School	White	66.9%	695
Skycrest Elementary School	Hispanic	60.7%	544
Skyview Elementary School	White	42.6%	592
Southern Oak Elementary School	White	53.7%	495
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School	White	54.9%	244
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School North Pinellas	White	75.1%	209
St. Petersburg High School	White	52.5%	1,710
Starkey Elementary School	White	63%	610
Sunset Hills Elementary School	White	72.1%	444
Sutherland Elementary School	White	74.1%	630
Tarpon Springs Elementary School	Hispanic	33.5%	472
Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School	White	71.3%	272
Tarpon Springs High School	White	61.1%	1,086
Tarpon Springs Middle School	White	58%	626
Thurgood Marshall Fundamental	Black	41.5%	790
Tyrone Middle School	White	34.9%	822
Walsingham Elementary School	White	42.4%	380
Westgate Elementary School	White	48.4%	539
Woodlawn Elementary School	Black	47.7%	256