Tallahassee Sun

There were 12,040 white students enrolled in Leon County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 2.9% decrease from the 12,399 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Leon County welcomed a total of 32,212 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 37.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 54 schools in Leon County, Lawton Chiles High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,347 students, making up 70.9% of the school's total student body.

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.

School name	% of white Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Leon High School	42.6	1,935
Lawton Chiles High School	70.9	1,900
Florida State University School	53.2	1,875
Lincoln High School	45.8	1,861
James Rickards High School	6.2	1,581
Amos P. Godby High School	11.7	1,444
William J. Montford III Middle School	66.7	921
Deerlake Middle School	68	894
Roberts Elementary School	70.5	870
Gilchrist Elementary School	61.8	864
Raa Middle School	26	855
Hawks Rise Elementary School	55.5	805
Killearn Lakes Elementary School	69.2	777
Swift Creek Middle School	51	772
Elizabeth Cobb Middle School	27.4	769
Kate Sullivan Elementary School	29.5	759
Fairview Middle School	12	747
Buck Lake Elementary School	59.7	730
J. Michael Conley Elementary School at Southwood	23.9	657
Desoto Trail Elementary School	73.1	654
Canopy Oaks Elementary School	56.1	640
Fort Braden School	51.1	636
R. Frank Nims Middle School	2.8	609
W. T. Moore Elementary School	34.4	579
Tallahassee School of Math & Sciences	19.4	568
Griffin Middle School	4.7	532
Tallahassee Classical School	38.9	525
Sabal Palm Elementary School	2	492
Woodville School	38.6	492
Chaires Elementary School	54.3	479
The School of Arts and Sciences on Thomasville	65	457
The School of Arts & Sciences Centre	56.4	447
Springwood Elementary School	2.6	423
Sealey Elementary School	17.5	405
Sail	66.7	384
Leon County Virtual School Franchise	26.4	159
Gretchen Everhart School	17.1	105