South Orlando News

There were 14,770 white students enrolled in Osceola County's only school district in the 2023-24 school year, a 1.8% decrease from the 15,048 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Osceola County welcomed a total of 74,289 students at the time. Among them, white students comprised 19.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was Hispanic, accounting for 62.7% of the students (46,553).

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 white Students	Total District Enrollment	% of Total Enrollment
School District of Osceola	14,770	74,289	19.9%