Tallahassee Sun

There were 2,083 multiracial students enrolled in Leon County districts in the 2022-23 school year, a 1.8% increase over the 2,047 multiracial 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, multiracial students comprised 5.9% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was Black, accounting for 14,743 (41.6%) of the students, followed by white students who represented 13,175 (37.2%) of the student population.

Among the three districts in Leon County, Leon County Schools District recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,941 students, making up 6% of the school's total student body. This marks a 0.1% increase over 5.9% of multiracial 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 multiracial Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Leon County Schools District	6	32,212
FSU Lab School District	5.5	2,574