Palm Coast Times

There were 7,819 white students enrolled in Flagler County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 0.4% decrease from the 7,847 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Flagler County welcomed a total of 13,503 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 57.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Flagler County, Flagler-Palm Coast High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,449 students, making up 56.5% 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.

School name	% of white Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Flagler-Palm Coast High School	56.5%	2,563
Matanzas High School	61.1%	1,992
Indian Trails Middle School	58.6%	1,513
Buddy Taylor Middle School	55.9%	1,325
Belle Terre Elementary School	57.9%	1,289
Bunnell Elementary School	59.7%	1,096
Old Kings Elementary School	66.7%	994
Rymfire Elementary School	44.6%	932
Imagine School at Town Center	61.9%	856
Lewis E. Wadsworth Elementary School	53.5%	744
Iflagler-Virtual Franchise	66.9%	142
Flagler Virtual Instruction KG-12	42.1%	57