Broward County's student body primarily comprised of Hispanic students in 2023-24 school year

FL Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. 2023 | Commissioner of Education

By South Broward News

Sep 16, 2024

Hispanic students made up the largest ethnic group enrolled in Broward County County school districts during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Of the 251,408 students attending Broward County schools, 38.4% were Hispanic. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 38.2% of Broward County students.

In the previous school year, Black students were the most common ethnicity in Broward County, representing 38.6% of the student body.

College Academy at Broward College had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, including 34.7% Hispanic students, 25.7% white students, 22.9% Black students, 13.7% Asian students, and 2.1% multiracial students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in the county dropped 1.3% when compared to the previous year.

Meanwhile, Florida continues to face a teacher shortage in the 2023-24 school year. Despite some improvements, the state reported nearly 4,800 instructional vacancies at the beginning of the year. According to the Florida Department of Education, core subjects such as English, reading, and math among the areas with the highest demand for teachers.

According to the National Education Association (NEA), Florida ranked 50th in the U.S. for teacher pay in the 2022-23 school year, with salaries lower than they were a decade ago when adjusted for inflation.

Governor DeSantis's budget for the 2024-25 school year allocates nearly $38 billion for education, with $1.25 billion dedicated to teachers' salaries and other instructional personnel.

Ethnicities in Broward County in 2023-24 School Year

Students' Ethnicity Percentage in Broward County Schools in 2023-24 School Year

School Name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Academic Solutions Academy a	Hispanic	52.9%	246
Academic Solutions High School	Black	51.1%	239
Alphabet Land-Margate	Black	< 10%	11
Andrews High School	Black	52.8%	373
Ann Storck Center Inc.	Black	61.8%	34
Annabel C. Perry PK-8	Black	78.7%	643
Apollo Middle School	Hispanic	51.1%	1,172
Arc Broward Inc.	Black	50.6%	83
Ascend Career Academy	Black	48.2%	222
Atlantic Montessori Charter School	Hispanic	66.2%	77
Atlantic Montessori Charter School West Campus	Hispanic	62.8%	129
Atlantic Technical College	Black	53.5%	686
Atlantic West Elementary School	Black	60.5%	607
Attucks Middle School	Black	43.4%	694
Avant Garde Academy K-5 Broward	Hispanic	49.8%	1,089
Avant Garde Academy of Broward	Hispanic	60.3%	1,107
Bair Middle School	Black	65.6%	736
Banyan Elementary School	Black	66.4%	420
Baudhuin Oral School-Nova University	Hispanic	40%	120
Bayview Elementary School	White	60.9%	575
Beachside Montessori Village	White	44.4%	804
Ben Gamla Charter School	White	57%	358
Ben Gamla Charter School North Campus	White	58.1%	289
Ben Gamla Charter School South Broward	Black	59.4%	342
Bennett Elementary School	Black	55.2%	299
Blanche Ely High School	Black	71.6%	1,930
Boulevard Heights Elementary School	Hispanic	62.5%	616
Boyd H. Anderson High School	Black	86.3%	2,162
Bridgeprep Academy of Broward K-8	Hispanic	67.9%	131
Bridgeprep Academy of Hollywood Hills	Hispanic	73.1%	350
Bright Horizons	Black	48.3%	149
Broadview Elementary School	Hispanic	48.1%	697
Broward Children's Center North	Black	< 10%	20
Broward Children's Center South	Black	< 10%	20
Broward Detention Center	Black	81.6%	76
Broward Estates Elementary School	Black	88.1%	252
Broward Math and Science Schools	Black	49%	288
Broward Virtual Franchise	Hispanic	43.8%	596
Broward Virtual Instruction Program	Black	38.1%	84
Broward Youth Treatment Center	Black	65.8%	38
Castle Hill Elementary School	Black	94.9%	587
Central Charter School	Black	95%	1,232
Central Park Elementary School	Hispanic	39.6%	770
Challenger Elementary School	Black	49.7%	902
Championship Academy of Distinction Middle School	Hispanic	59.3%	280
Championship Academy of Distinction at Davie	Hispanic	73.1%	424
Championship Academy of Distinction at Hollywood	Hispanic	55.2%	286
Chapel Trail Elementary School	Hispanic	63.2%	642
Charles Drew Elementary School	Black	57.3%	396
Charles W. Flanagan High School	Hispanic	46.7%	2,330
Charter School of Excellence	Black	68.9%	209
Charter School of Excellence at Davie	Hispanic	53.3%	246
City/Pembroke Pines Charter High School	Hispanic	48.3%	2,153
City/Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School	Hispanic	51.6%	1,336
Coconut Creek Elementary School	Black	41.6%	469
Coconut Creek High School	Black	75%	1,926
Coconut Palm Elementary School	Black	44.3%	501
Colbert Elementary School	Black	57.1%	589
College Academy at Broward College	Hispanic	34.7%	467
Collins Elementary School	Black	65.4%	254
Cooper City Elementary School	Hispanic	45.6%	757
Cooper City High School	White	43.7%	2,307
Coral Cove Elementary School	Hispanic	46.4%	476
Coral Glades High School	Hispanic	37.5%	2,744
Coral Park Elementary School	Hispanic	35.4%	492
Coral Springs Charter School	White	41.5%	1,743
Coral Springs High School	Black	46.8%	2,161
Coral Springs Middle School	Hispanic	31.4%	993
Coral Springs PK-8	Black	70%	443
Country Hills Elementary School	White	38.3%	872
Country Isles Elementary School	Hispanic	56.3%	816
Cresthaven Elementary School	Black	52.2%	473
Croissant Park Elementary School	Hispanic	52.1%	653
Cross Creek School	Black	68.1%	94
Crystal Lake Middle School	Black	53.9%	926
Cypress Bay High School	Hispanic	65.7%	4,632
Cypress Elementary School	Black	47.8%	741
Cypress Run Alternative Center	Black	75.5%	147
Dania Elementary School	Hispanic	37.7%	435
Dave Thomas Education Center West	Black	75.4%	556
Davie Elementary School	Hispanic	62.4%	652
Deerfield Beach Elementary School	Hispanic	50.2%	615
Deerfield Beach High School	Black	48.1%	2,109
Deerfield Beach Middle School	Black	53.4%	1,127
Deerfield Park Elementary School	Black	86.5%	460
Dillard 6-12	Black	90.8%	2,199
Dillard Elementary School	Black	93.8%	615
Discovery Elementary School	Black	66.5%	750
Dolphin Bay Elementary School	Hispanic	45.2%	564
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Montessori Academy	Black	94.3%	493
Driftwood Elementary School	Hispanic	59.6%	505
Driftwood Middle School	Hispanic	59.1%	1,048
Eagle Point Elementary School	Hispanic	69.4%	1,232
Eagle Ridge Elementary School	Hispanic	33.4%	758
Eagles Nest Charter Academy	Black	91.3%	321
Eagles Nest Middle Charter School	Black	91.2%	57
Embassy Creek Elementary School	White	46.9%	1,227
Endeavour Primary Learning Center	Black	93.9%	326
Everest Charter School	Black	57.1%	161
Everglades Elementary School	Hispanic	58.9%	884
Everglades High School	Black	42%	2,033
Fairway Elementary School	Black	81%	527
Falcon Cove Middle School	Hispanic	63.7%	2,199
Flamingo Elementary School	Hispanic	64.9%	683
Floranada Elementary School	White	45.9%	739
Forest Glen Middle School	Black	40.4%	1,020
Forest Hills Elementary School	Hispanic	41.4%	688
Fort Lauderdale High School	Black	44.2%	2,182
Fox Trail Elementary School	Hispanic	47.2%	1,089
Franklin Academy Cooper City	Hispanic	65.6%	1,318
Franklin Academy F	Hispanic	68.6%	1,034
Franklin Academy Pembroke Pines	Hispanic	65.7%	1,395
Franklin Academy Pembroke Pines High School	Hispanic	62.7%	1,188
Franklin Academy Sunrise	Hispanic	49.4%	1,376
Gator Run Elementary School	Hispanic	64.9%	1,192
Glades Middle School	Hispanic	41.1%	1,123
Greentree Preparatory Charter School	Hispanic	68.4%	282
Griffin Elementary School	Hispanic	46%	592
Gulfstream Academy of Hallandale Beach	Hispanic	52.6%	1,226
Gulfstream Early Childhood Center of Excellence	Hispanic	42.4%	132
Hallandale High School	Black	56.1%	1,067
Harbordale Elementary School	White	52.9%	505
Hawkes Bluff Elementary School	Hispanic	56%	700
Henry D. Perry Education Center	Black	51.7%	1,058
Heron Heights Elementary School	White	61.6%	1,059
Hollywood Academy of Arts & Science	White	65.2%	1,137
Hollywood Academy of Arts and Science Middle School	White	51.4%	461
Hollywood Central Elementary School	Hispanic	43.3%	321
Hollywood Hills Elementary School	Hispanic	49.5%	665
Hollywood Hills High School	Hispanic	53.8%	1,799
Hollywood Park Elementary School	Hispanic	62.8%	425
Horizon Elementary School	Black	54.2%	587
Hospital Homebound Services	Black	< 10%	16
Imagine Charter School at North Lauderdale Elementary	Black	61.3%	388
Imagine Charter School at Weston	Hispanic	79.6%	1,061
Imagine Schools Plantation Campus	White	54.8%	427
Imagine Schools at Broward	Hispanic	43.7%	1,061
Indian Ridge Middle School	Hispanic	51%	1,954
Indian Trace Elementary School	Hispanic	55.4%	706
Innovation Charter School	Hispanic	69.7%	439
International School of Broward	Black	46.6%	73
International Studies Academy High School	Hispanic	60.3%	234
International Studies Academy Middle School	Hispanic	48.8%	301
J. P. Taravella High School	Black	41.6%	2,516
James S. Hunt Elementary School	Black	59.5%	511
James S. Rickards Middle School	Hispanic	57.7%	762
Lake Forest Elementary School	Black	64.9%	564
Lakeside Elementary School	Hispanic	53%	574
Lanier-James Education Center	Black	59.8%	127
Larkdale Elementary School	Black	94.7%	413
Lauderdale Lakes Middle School	Black	78.2%	864
Lauderhill 6-12	Black	87.7%	769
Lauderhill Paul Turner Elementary School	Black	91.2%	566
Liberty Elementary School	Black	54.7%	704
Lloyd Estates Elementary School	Hispanic	49.8%	464
Lyons Creek Middle School	Hispanic	40.7%	1,564
Manatee Bay Elementary School	Hispanic	58.7%	1,043
Maplewood Elementary School	Hispanic	38.1%	548
Margate Elementary School	Black	41.8%	1,054
Margate Middle School	Black	64.4%	1,044
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School	White	47.6%	3,280
Mary M. Bethune Elementary School	Black	69%	442
McArthur High School	Hispanic	51.3%	1,879
McFatter Technical College	Hispanic	47.8%	599
McNab Elementary School	White	42.4%	573
McNicol Middle School	Black	70%	593
Meadowbrook Elementary School	Hispanic	70.6%	739
Millennium 6-12 Collegiate Academy	Black	59.7%	1,371
Miramar Elementary School	Black	68.4%	415
Miramar High School	Black	78.3%	1,951
Mirror Lake Elementary School	Black	56.9%	645
Monarch High School	Hispanic	41.6%	2,376
Morrow Elementary School	Black	79.4%	539
New Life Charter Academy	Black	58.6%	111
New Renaissance Middle School	Black	70%	1,038
New River Middle School	Hispanic	54.8%	1,589
Nob Hill Elementary School	Hispanic	37.2%	519
Norcrest Elementary School	Hispanic	48.6%	677
North Andrews Gardens Elementary School	Hispanic	56.6%	754
North Broward Academy of Excellence	Black	81.4%	640
North Broward Academy of Excellence Middle	Black	83.7%	356
North Fork Elementary School	Black	86.7%	413
North Lauderdale PK-8	Black	80.5%	655
North Side Elementary School	Black	84%	288
Northeast High School	Hispanic	48.8%	1,589
Nova Blanche Forman Elementary School	Black	65.1%	768
Nova Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School	Black	62.1%	773
Nova High School	Black	59.7%	2,255
Nova Middle School	Black	63.4%	1,316
Oakland Park Elementary School	Hispanic	61.3%	548
Oakridge Elementary School	Hispanic	51.4%	469
Olsen Middle School	Hispanic	41.8%	567
Orange Brook Elementary School	Black	53.8%	695
Oriole Elementary School	Black	85.9%	693
Pace Center for Girls Inc.	Black	53.1%	81
Palm Cove Elementary School	Black	52.1%	411
Palmview Elementary School	Black	69.9%	548
Panacea Prep Charter School	Black	86.3%	102
Panther Run Elementary School	Hispanic	59.2%	365
Paragon Academy of Technology	Hispanic	55.5%	137
Park Lakes Elementary School	Black	80.1%	943
Park Ridge Elementary School	Black	61%	520
Park Springs Elementary School	White	36%	840
Park Trails Elementary School	White	56%	1,025
Parkside Elementary School	Hispanic	44.9%	729
Parkway Middle School	Black	84%	1,084
Pasadena Lakes Elementary School	Hispanic	55.5%	492
Pembroke Lakes Elementary School	Hispanic	59.2%	649
Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School	Hispanic	53.4%	1,904
Pembroke Pines Elementary School	Hispanic	47.4%	629
Peters Elementary School	Black	62.1%	597
Pine Ridge Alternative Center	Black	67.4%	43
Pines Lakes Elementary School	Hispanic	47.7%	447
Pines Middle School	Black	47.4%	604
Pinewood Elementary School	Black	74.4%	660
Pioneer Middle School	White	43.1%	1,463
Piper High School	Black	72.1%	2,418
Plantation Elementary School	Black	89.2%	572
Plantation High School	Black	72.1%	1,796
Plantation Middle School	Black	75.8%	512
Plantation Park Elementary School	Hispanic	36.6%	495
Pompano Beach Elementary School	Black	64.1%	487
Pompano Beach High School	White	39.4%	1,311
Pompano Beach Middle School	Black	49.2%	1,032
Quiet Waters Elementary School	Hispanic	47.8%	1,138
Ramblewood Elementary School	Hispanic	37.7%	698
Ramblewood Middle School	Hispanic	39.2%	1,037
Renaissance Charter Middle School at Pines	Black	51.2%	457
Renaissance Charter School at Cooper City	Hispanic	59.4%	1,202
Renaissance Charter School at Coral Springs	Hispanic	39%	1,519
Renaissance Charter School at Plantation	Black	85.3%	990
Renaissance Charter School at University	Black	57.8%	1,447
Renaissance Charter Schools at Pines	Black	46.1%	843
Rise Academy School of Science and Technology	Black	72.1%	347
Riverglades Elementary School	White	46.7%	1,065
Riverland Elementary School	Hispanic	49.5%	465
Riverside Elementary School	Hispanic	33.6%	652
Robert C. Markham Elementary School	Black	50.3%	612
Rock Island Elementary School	Black	87%	462
Royal Palm Elementary School	Black	92.2%	726
Sanders Park Elementary School	Black	87.4%	446
Sandpiper Elementary School	Hispanic	41%	642
Sawgrass Elementary School	Hispanic	44%	877
Sawgrass Springs Middle School	Hispanic	37.3%	1,012
Sea Castle Elementary School	Black	67%	888
Seagull School	Black	68%	147
Seminole Middle School	Black	38.7%	1,068
Sheridan Hills Elementary School	Hispanic	51.8%	448
Sheridan Park Elementary School	Hispanic	51.9%	466
Sheridan Technical College	Hispanic	44.5%	555
Silver Lakes Elementary School	Hispanic	50%	338
Silver Lakes Middle School	Black	75.1%	744
Silver Palms Elementary School	Hispanic	51.1%	472
Silver Ridge Elementary School	White	40.8%	904
Silver Shores Elementary School	Hispanic	42.7%	372
Silver Trail Middle School	Hispanic	57.7%	1,249
Somerset Academy	Hispanic	73.8%	652
Somerset Academy Charter High	Hispanic	66.1%	1,486
Somerset Academy Charter High School Miramar Campus	Black	75.3%	291
Somerset Academy Davie Charter School	Hispanic	44.7%	150
Somerset Academy East Preparatory	Black	67.5%	191
Somerset Academy Elementary (Miramar Campus)	Hispanic	63.8%	514
Somerset Academy Elementary South Campus	Hispanic	80.2%	349
Somerset Academy Key Charter High School	Hispanic	50.7%	298
Somerset Academy Key Middle School	Hispanic	50.7%	406
Somerset Academy Middle (Miramar Campus)	Hispanic	59.1%	421
Somerset Academy Middle School	Hispanic	71.2%	1,048
Somerset Academy Miramar South	Hispanic	60.6%	213
Somerset Academy Pompano (K-5)	Hispanic	78.1%	155
Somerset Academy Riverside	Hispanic	47.4%	420
Somerset Academy Riverside Charter Middle School	Hispanic	42.1%	266
Somerset Academy Village Charter Middle School	Black	58%	162
Somerset Arts Conservatory	Hispanic	68.5%	403
Somerset Neighborhood School	Black	82.5%	474
Somerset Parkland Academy	White	45.6%	945
Somerset Pines Academy	Hispanic	48.9%	450
Somerset Preparatory Academy Charter High at North Lauderdal	Black	64.3%	339
Somerset Preparatory Academy Charter School at North Lauderd	Black	58.8%	741
Somerset Preparatory Charter Middle School	Black	79.2%	337
Somerset Village Academy	Black	51.7%	265
South Broward High School	Hispanic	45.9%	2,307
South Broward Montessori Charter School	Hispanic	61%	169
South Plantation High School	Hispanic	38.6%	2,292
Stephen Foster Elementary School	Hispanic	75.2%	658
Stirling Elementary School	Hispanic	51.4%	566
Stranahan High School	Black	60.8%	1,328
Summit Academy Charter School	Hispanic	53.6%	472
Suned High School of North Broward	Black	49.9%	327
Suned High of South Broward	Hispanic	48.2%	297
Sunfire High School	Black	83.4%	403
Sunland Park Academy	Black	92.5%	442
Sunrise High School	Black	81.2%	420
Sunrise Middle School	Black	50.2%	1,238
Sunset Lakes Elementary School	Hispanic	46.4%	728
Sunshine Elementary Charter School	Hispanic	53.6%	209
Sunshine Elementary School	Black	58.8%	413
Tamarac Elementary School	Black	55.6%	619
Tedder Elementary School	Black	62.1%	644
Tequesta Trace Middle School	Hispanic	68.5%	1,421
The Pembroke Pines Florida	Hispanic	44.9%	700
The Quest Center	Black	42.5%	106
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	Black	86.5%	325
Tradewinds Elementary School	Hispanic	47%	973
Tropical Elementary School	Hispanic	39.8%	784
UCP Early Beginnings	Black	< 10%	< 10
Village Elementary School	Black	86.1%	632
Virginia Shuman Young Elementary School	White	45.5%	692
Walker Elementary School	Black	94.3%	512
Walter C. Young Middle School	Hispanic	50%	820
Watkins Elementary School	Black	64.7%	399
Welleby Elementary School	Black	44.7%	599
West Broward Academy	Black	53.1%	716
West Broward High School	Hispanic	59.4%	2,531
West Hollywood Elementary School	Hispanic	61.2%	477
Westchester Elementary School	Hispanic	39.7%	1,057
Western High School	Hispanic	54.2%	3,640
Westglades Middle School	White	54.8%	1,667
Westpine Middle School	Black	56.1%	804
Westwood Heights Elementary School	Black	83.9%	510
Whiddon Rodgers Education Center	Black	74.8%	515
Whispering Pines Exceptional Education Center	Black	41.9%	186
William Dandy Middle School	Black	91.5%	681
Wilton Manors Elementary School	Black	47.2%	557
Wingate Oaks Center	Black	84.2%	120
Winston Park Elementary School	Hispanic	38.5%	996