Duval Times

There were 121 Alaska Native students enrolled in Duval County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 23.5% increase from the 98 Alaska Native students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Duval County welcomed a total of 128,100 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Alaska Native students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 201 schools in Duval County, Mandarin High School recorded the highest enrollment of Alaska Native students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 22 students, making up 0.9% of the school's total student body.

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.

A 2024 WalletHub study ranked Florida 49th in the nation for teacher salaries when adjusted for cost of living, making it one of the lowest in the U.S.

School name	% of Alaska Native Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Atlantic Coast High School	0.5%	2,768
Mandarin High School	0.9%	2,398
Duncan U. Fletcher High School	0.5%	2,192
Baldwin Middle-Senior High School	0.7%	1,479
Jean Ribault High School	0.8%	1,331
Duval Charter School at Mandarin	1.1%	871
Crown Point Elementary School	2.6%	807
Beauclerc Elementary School	1.5%	654
Jacksonville Beach Elementary School	1.8%	626