Florida Public Schools

Florida is the #5 largest school system in the United States, serving 2,642,948 students across 4,187 public schools. There are 62 Blue Ribbon Schools, 414 magnet schools, 458 charter schools, and 180 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(FL) School Average
% American Indian
n/a
% Asian
2%
% Hispanic
27%
% Black
23%
% White
44%
Unknown
4%

Florida Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Alachua County 19 22 48
2. Baker County 3 4 5
3. Bay County 17 17 30
4. Bradford County 6 4 8
5. Brevard County 32 24 79
6. Broward County 69 80 218
7. Calhoun County 3 4 5
8. Charlotte County 10 9 16
9. Citrus County 10 8 15
10. Clay County 11 9 28
11. Collier County 22 20 41
12. Columbia County 9 6 16
13. De Soto County 9 8 11
14. Dixie County 3 3 4
15. Duval County 44 50 136
16. Escambia County 22 21 50
17. Flagler County 5 3 11
18. Franklin County 3 3 4
19. Gadsden County 9 7 17
20. Gilchrist County 4 4 6
21. Glades County 3 2 4
22. Gulf County 2 2 2
23. Hamilton County 5 4 8
24. Hardee County 5 4 9
25. Hendry County 8 7 13
26. Hernando County 9 10 17
27. Highlands County 12 9 15
28. Hillsborough County 72 84 194
29. Holmes County 6 6 7
30. Indian River County 7 9 21
31. Jackson County 13 11 17
32. Jefferson County 6 5 7
33. Lafayette County 3 2 3
34. Lake County 17 17 37
35. Lee County 41 33 72
36. Leon County 23 26 42
37. Levy County 9 10 12
38. Liberty County 6 5 8
39. Madison County 5 4 9
40. Manatee County 23 24 58
41. Marion County 20 18 43
42. Martin County 13 12 24
43. Miami-dade County 146 140 330
44. Monroe County 10 5 15
45. Nassau County 10 11 15
46. Okaloosa County 23 25 40
47. Okeechobee County 7 8 13
48. Orange County 66 56 162
49. Osceola County 22 15 39
50. Palm Beach County 59 54 150
51. Pasco County 25 30 64
52. Pinellas County 50 44 105
53. Polk County 46 48 113
54. Putnam County 6 8 13
55. Saint Johns County 22 20 30
56. Saint Lucie County 17 12 41
57. Santa Rosa County 13 12 26
58. Sarasota County 15 18 43
59. Seminole County 18 22 50
60. Sumter County 6 6 9
61. Suwannee County 6 7 9
62. Taylor County 5 3 5
63. Union County 5 5 5
64. Volusia County 30 28 64
65. Wakulla County 4 4 9
66. Walton County 11 11 14
67. Washington County 5 4 4

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