Palm Coast Times

There were 35,447 white students enrolled in St. Johns County districts in the 2022-23 school year, a 2.5% increase over the 34,569 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that St. Johns County welcomed a total of 50,652 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 70% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county. They were followed by Hispanic students with a count of 6,352 (12.5%), and Black students, totaling 2,968, or 5.9% of the student population.

Among the two districts in St. Johns County, St. Johns County School District recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 35,217 students, making up 70.2% of the school's total student body. This marks a 1.3% decrease from 71.5% of white students in the district during the previous school year.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in its 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrollment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked ninth out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

District	% of white Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
St. Johns County School District	70.2	50,155
Deaf/Blind School District	46.3	497