Duval Times

There were 22,665 Hispanic students enrolled in Duval County's only school district in the 2023-24 school year, a 4.7% increase over the 21,655 Hispanic students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Duval County welcomed a total of 129,094 students at the time. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 17.6% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was Black, accounting for 40.4% of the students (52,203), followed by white students who made up 31.1% of the student population (40,118).

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 Hispanic Students	Total District Enrollment	% of Total Enrollment
Duval County School District	22,665	129,094	17.6%