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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Decrease in number of Hispanic students enrolled in Broward County's only school district in 2023-24 school year

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Manny Diaz, Jr. Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education | https://www.flbog.edu/member/21325/

Manny Diaz, Jr. Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education | https://www.flbog.edu/member/21325/

There were 96,604 Hispanic students enrolled in Broward County's only school district in the 2023-24 school year, a 0.1% decrease from the 96,738 Hispanic 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, Hispanic students comprised 38.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county. They were followed by Black students with a count of 96,143 (38.2%), and white students, totaling 42,011, or 16.7% of the student population.

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 Broward County in 2023-24 School Year

Hispanic [38.4%]Black [38.2%]White [16.7%]Ethnicities with <5% [6.5%]

Enrollment Demographics in Broward County Only School District During 2023-24 School Year
DistrictNo. of Hispanic StudentsTotal District Enrollment% of Total Enrollment
Broward County Public Schools District96,604251,40838.4%

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