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St. Johns County Education: 3,216 multiracial students were enrolled in districts in 2023-24 school year

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Manny Diaz,Jr., Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education | https://www.fldoe.org/about-us/commissioner.stml

Manny Diaz,Jr., Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education | https://www.fldoe.org/about-us/commissioner.stml

There were 3,216 multiracial students enrolled in St. Johns County districts in the 2023-24 school year, an 11.5% increase over the 2,884 multiracial students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that St. Johns County welcomed a total of 51,944 students at the time. Among them, multiracial students comprised 6.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was white, accounting for 68.3% of the students (35,493), followed by Hispanic students who made up 13.1% of the student population (6,812).

Among the two districts in St. Johns County, St. Johns County School District recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 3,193 students, making up 6.2% of the school's total student body. This marks a 0.5% increase over 5.7% of multiracial students in the district during the previous school year.

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.

According to the National Education Association (NEA), Florida ranks 50th in the U.S. in terms of teacher salaries, only ahead of West Virginia.

Ethnicities in St. Johns County in 2023-24 School Year

White [68.3%]Hispanic [13.1%]Multiracial [6.2%]Asian [6.2%]Black [5.9%]Ethnicities with <5% [0.2%]

Enrollment Demographics in St. Johns County Districts During 2023-24 School Year
DistrictNo. of multiracial StudentsTotal District Enrollment% of Total Enrollment
St. Johns County School District3,19351,4346.2%
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind235104.5%

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