Central Broward News

There were 96,143 Black students enrolled in Broward County's only school district in the 2023-24 school year, a 1% decrease from the 97,101 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Broward County welcomed a total of 251,408 students at the time. Among them, Black students comprised 38.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was Hispanic, accounting for 38.4% of the students (96,604).

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.

District	No. of Black Students	Total District Enrollment	% of Total Enrollment
Broward County Public Schools District	96,143	251,408	38.2%