Pinellas Times

There were 18,560 Hispanic students enrolled in Pinellas County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 2.1% increase from the 18,178 Hispanic students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Pinellas County welcomed a total of 93,702 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 19.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 151 schools in Pinellas County, Clearwater High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 610 students, making up 36.7% of the school's total student body.

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.

School name	% of Hispanic Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Palm Harbor University High School	12.8	2,474
East Lake High School	15.6	2,286
Largo High School	24.2	2,055
Pinellas Park High School	30.5	1,919
Dixie M. Hollins High School	22.1	1,822
Countryside High School	28.1	1,741
Northeast High School	17.5	1,736
St. Petersburg High School	15	1,723
Osceola Fundamental High School	14.7	1,715
Clearwater High School	36.7	1,664
Seminole High School	11.5	1,546
Boca Ciega High School	11.5	1,423
Madeira Beach Fundamental K-8	8.3	1,343
Dunedin High School	25.4	1,203
Gibbs High School	9.6	1,160
Tarpon Springs High School	18.6	1,139
Pinellas Park Middle School	24.2	1,126
Joseph L. Carwise Middle School	18.6	1,098
Palm Harbor Middle School	17.5	1,080
Fitzgerald Middle School	33	1,033
Osceola Middle School	16.3	1,009
Safety Harbor Middle School	29.4	974
Lakewood High School	10.3	915
Dunedin Highland Middle School	25.3	899
Thurgood Marshall Fundamental	10	888
Largo Middle School	28.3	882
Pinellas Academy of Math and Science	24.5	879
Tyrone Middle School	23	847
Oak Grove Middle School	43.5	843
Meadowlawn Middle School	20.2	832
Seminole Middle School	14.2	824
Pinellas Preparatory Academy	16.6	794
James B. Sanderlin K-8	1.3	775
Bay Point Middle School	9.4	770
Ozona Elementary School	10.6	762
Clearwater Fundamental Middle School	24.4	753
John Hopkins Middle School	13.1	723
Shore Acres Elementary School	14.2	709
Cypress Woods Elementary School	11.6	709
Azalea Middle School	14.5	678
Leila Davis Elementary School	19.2	665
Oakhurst Elementary School	8.9	664
Eisenhower Elementary School	49.3	661
Safety Harbor Elementary School	19.3	657
Starkey Elementary School	12.5	657
Frontier Elementary School	34.4	651
Bauder Elementary School	5.4	644
Tarpon Springs Middle School	20.3	644
Curlew Creek Elementary School	17.7	634
Plato Academy Clearwater	18.7	630
Sutherland Elementary School	14	627
Plumb Elementary School	26.4	622
New Heights Elementary School	27.5	615
High Point Elementary School	51.7	609
Sawgrass Lake Elementary School	23.5	596
Skyview Elementary School	25.5	595
Lake St. George Elementary School	14.1	595
Garrison-Jones Elementary School	28.3	593
Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School	10.2	589
Richard O. Jacobson Technical High School at Seminole	17.1	578
Ridgecrest Elementary School	6.4	574
Ponce De Leon Elementary School	35.6	568
Skycrest Elementary School	60.4	565
Plato Academy Pinellas Park Charter School	16.5	562
Southern Oak Elementary School	19.6	556
Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School	6.5	554
Brooker Creek Elementary School	7.8	548
Oldsmar Elementary School	22.7	546
Discovery Academy of Science	9	542
Westgate Elementary School	21.1	541
Perkins Elementary School	1.9	539
Curtis Fundamental Elementary School	9.9	536
Highland Lakes Elementary School	13.6	529
Mildred Helms Elementary School	22.2	514
Azalea Elementary School	20.1	507
Tarpon Springs Elementary School	28.5	506
North Shore Elementary School	5.2	501
Blanton Elementary School	24.6	500
Forest Lakes Elementary School	23.3	498
Pinellas Central Elementary School	26.3	498
Belcher Elementary School	21.1	489
Lynch Elementary School	11.3	486
Lealman Innovation Academy	4.1	485
Fuguitt Elementary School	18	479
Northwest Elementary School	17	477
Dunedin Elementary School	38	476
Anona Elementary School	12.1	473
Belleair Elementary School	49.2	472
Pasadena Fundamental Elementary School	14.1	461
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Elementary School	23.5	460
McMullen-Booth Elementary School	35.6	458
Pinellas Park Elementary School	28.3	452
Sunset Hills Elementary School	9.3	451
Bardmoor Elementary School	22.9	449
John M. Sexton Elementary School	22.7	449
Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary School	31.8	444
Gulfport Montessori Elementary School	3.2	435
Orange Grove Elementary School	13.3	435
Lealman Avenue Elementary School	23.5	434
Seminole Elementary School	12.9	428
Lakewood Elementary School	2.8	425
Athenian Academy	30.8	413
East Lake Middle School Academy of Engineering	5.8	394
Enterprise Charter High School	27.2	394
Walsingham Elementary School	25.5	392
Dropout Prevention School	17.7	379
Plato Academy of St.petersburg	2.7	376
Cross Bayou Elementary School	15.4	356
Plato Academy Largo Charter School	11.2	347
Mount Vernon Elementary School	11.9	345
San Jose Elementary School	3.3	331
Sandy Lane Elementary School	8.9	304
Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy	27.4	285
Kings Highway Elementary Magnet School	10.8	278
Woodlawn Elementary School	12	267
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School	11.5	234
Bayside High School	16.9	201
Ese Countywide	14.2	190
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School North Pinellas	8.6	186
Paul B. Stephens Ese Center	8.5	165
Clearwater Intermediate School	9.7	165
Pinellas Mycroschool of Integrated Academics and Technologie	7	143