Tallahassee Sun

There were 13,175 white students enrolled in Leon County districts in the 2022-23 school year, a 2.1% decrease from the 13,461 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Leon County welcomed a total of 35,407 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 37.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was Black, making up 14,743 (41.6%) of the student population.

Among the three districts in Leon County, Leon County Schools District recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 12,040 students, making up 37.4% of the school's total student body. This marks a 0.7% decrease from 38.1% 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
Leon County Schools District	37.4	32,212
FSU Lab School District	44.1	2,574