South Palm Beach Today

There were 104,763 Black students enrolled in Palm Beach County districts in the 2022-23 school year, a 0.2% decrease from the 104,985 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Palm Beach County welcomed a total of 383,919 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 27.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was Hispanic, accounting for 144,084 (37.5%) of the students, followed by white students who represented 109,913 (28.6%) of the student population.

Among the three districts in Palm Beach County, two schools recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 52,147 students.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in its 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrollment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked ninth out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

District	% of Black Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
School District of Palm Beach County	27.4	190,567
South Tech Academy Palm Beach District	27.4	190,567
Florida Atlantic University Lab School Distirct	16.8	2,785