St. Pete Standard

There were 45,728 white students enrolled in Pinellas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 4.6% decrease from the 47,944 white 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, white students comprised 50.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 149 schools in Pinellas County, Palm Harbor University High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,872 students, making up 74.8% 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
Palm Harbor University High School	74.8%	2,502
East Lake High School	71.4%	2,134
Largo High School	45.5%	2,109
Dixie M. Hollins High School	48.5%	1,975
Pinellas Park High School	39.9%	1,831
Northeast High School	49.8%	1,762
Osceola Fundamental High School	73%	1,715
St. Petersburg High School	52.5%	1,710
Clearwater High School	33.5%	1,637
Countryside High School	54.4%	1,593
Seminole High School	73.8%	1,388
Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8	74.6%	1,334
Boca Ciega High School	27.2%	1,211
Dunedin High School	55.1%	1,190
Gibbs High School	26.2%	1,131
Tarpon Springs High School	61.1%	1,086
Palm Harbor Middle School	72.4%	1,040
Pinellas Park Middle School	41.2%	1,018
Osceola Middle School	61.9%	986
Safety Harbor Middle School	49%	977
Fitzgerald Middle School	37.3%	971
Joseph L. Carwise Middle School	67.2%	957
Lakewood High School	19%	895
Pinellas Academy of Math and Science	55.9%	894
Dunedin Highland Middle School	43.9%	868
Tyrone Middle School	34.9%	822
James B. Sanderlin K-8	40.4%	816
Meadowlawn Middle School	43.2%	801
John Hopkins Middle School	35.8%	791
Thurgood Marshall Fundamental	39.4%	790
Pinellas Preparatory Academy	61.9%	783
Largo Middle School	40.4%	780
Seminole Middle School	67.2%	766
Ozona Elementary School	79.8%	763
Oak Grove Middle School	31.9%	762
Clearwater Fundamental Middle School	64.6%	755
Cypress Woods Elementary School	77.2%	712
Shore Acres Elementary School	66.9%	695
Azalea Middle School	28.1%	684
Plumb Elementary School	53%	661
Discovery Academy of Science	66.4%	661
New Heights Elementary School	26.3%	659
Oakhurst Elementary School	73.8%	657
Leila Davis Elementary School	66%	655
Bay Point Middle School	13.6%	655
Safety Harbor Elementary School	65.8%	635
Sutherland Elementary School	74.1%	630
Eisenhower Elementary School	22.3%	629
Tarpon Springs Middle School	58%	626
Plato Academy Clearwater	55.9%	624
Curlew Creek Elementary School	66.9%	620
Starkey Elementary School	63%	610
Frontier Elementary School	39.7%	609
Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School	39.3%	601
Sawgrass Lake Elementary School	44.1%	599
Garrison-Jones Elementary School	58.5%	598
Skyview Elementary School	42.6%	592
High Point Elementary School	20.7%	580
Lake St. George Elementary School	71.2%	572
Perkins Elementary School	26.9%	569
Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School	36.7%	559
Bauder Elementary School	79.8%	554
Richard O. Jacobson Technical High School at Seminole	68.4%	553
Ponce De Leon Elementary School	23.3%	546
Skycrest Elementary School	21%	544
Westgate Elementary School	48.4%	539
Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School	53.4%	537
Curtis Fundamental Elementary School	73.5%	536
Ridgecrest Elementary School	36.2%	533
Oldsmar Elementary School	59.9%	526
Mildred Helms Elementary School	46.4%	521
Dropout Prevention School	38.1%	517
Brooker Creek Elementary School	76%	509
Forest Lakes Elementary School	61.9%	501
Southern Oak Elementary School	53.7%	495
Dunedin Elementary School	30.3%	495
Lynch Elementary School	58.3%	484
Pinellas Central Elementary School	36.6%	484
Belcher Elementary School	53.3%	484
Tarpon Springs Elementary School	29.2%	472
Anona Elementary School	61.9%	470
Highland Lakes Elementary School	70.9%	468
Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School	68.7%	463
Campbell Park Elementary School	6.3%	462
Pinellas Park Elementary School	30.3%	459
Fairmount Park Elementary School	6.3%	459
Blanton Elementary School	37.7%	456
Belleair Elementary School	18.8%	453
Azalea Elementary School	54.8%	451
North Shore Elementary School	57.1%	448
Bardmoor Elementary School	53.9%	445
Sunset Hills Elementary School	72.1%	444
Lakewood Elementary School	13.9%	440
McMullen-Booth Elementary School	43.2%	440
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	34.9%	439
Fuguitt Elementary School	47.6%	437
Elisa Nelson Elementary School	76.8%	431
Northwest Elementary School	50.7%	430
Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School	43.7%	426
Orange Grove Elementary School	64.4%	424
Athenian Academy	51.9%	418
Seminole Elementary School	66.2%	402
Bay Point Elementary School	7.5%	401
John M. Sexton Elementary School	40.6%	401
Lealman Innovation Academy	20.8%	394
Lealman Avenue Elementary School	25.2%	393
East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering	80.4%	388
Walsingham Elementary School	42.4%	380
Gulfport Montessori Elementary School	14%	379
Mount Vernon Elementary School	38.9%	373
Maximo Elementary School	8.1%	372
Plato Academy of St.petersburg	63%	370
Plato Academy Charter School Tarpon Springs	77.4%	367
Midtown Academy	46.7%	366
Melrose Elementary School	3.6%	363
Enterprise Charter High School	47.3%	357
Plato Academy Palm Harbor Charter School	79.6%	353
Plato Academy Largo Charter School	57.9%	337
San Jose Elementary School	71.3%	335
Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet School	67.9%	333
Academie Da Vinci Charter School	79.5%	331
Plato Seminole	70.5%	329
Cross Bayou Elementary School	48.3%	323
Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School	43.4%	316
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy	56%	316
Sandy Lane Elementary School	15.9%	308
Kings Highway Elementary Magnet School	11.2%	277
Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School	71.3%	272
Bear Creek Elementary School	26%	265
Woodlawn Elementary School	21.1%	256
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School	54.9%	244
Pinellas Virtual Franchise	60.6%	218
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School North Pinellas	75.1%	209
Ese Countywide	55.5%	209
Clearwater Intermediate School	29.1%	172
Bayside High School	28.8%	170
Paul B. Stephens Ese Center	64.2%	148
Pinellas Mycroschool of Integrated Academics and Technologie	23.8%	147
Nina Harris Ese Center	49.3%	144
Calvin A. Hunsinger School	37.4%	115
Disston Academy	16.8%	101
Pinellas Teleschool	14.3%	98
Pinellas Juvenile Det Center	30.1%	83
Pinellas Secondary School	20.3%	79
Chi Chi Rodriquez Academy	52.6%	76
Hospital/Homebound	51.5%	66
Richard L. Sanders School	45.5%	55
Pace Center for Girls	70%	40