Brevard Sun

There were 10,892 Black students enrolled in Brevard County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 3.2% increase from the 10,550 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Brevard County welcomed a total of 74,125 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 14.7% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 107 schools in Brevard County, Heritage High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 561 students, making up 28% 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 Black Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Viera High School	5	2,289
Melbourne Senior High School	8.6	2,249
Heritage High School	28	2,007
Bayside High School	21.5	1,854
Odyssey Charter School	22.2	1,847
Eau Gallie High School	12.2	1,586
Rockledge Senior High School	26.1	1,558
Cocoa High School	27.7	1,551
Merritt Island High School	4.5	1,546
Space Coast Junior/Senior High School	5.5	1,534
Viera Charter School	6.3	1,530
Satellite Senior High School	0.7	1,517
Palm Bay Magnet Senior High School	30.6	1,486
Titusville High School	17.8	1,314
Central Middle School	14.4	1,127
Astronaut High School	12.9	1,112
Southwest Middle School	25.3	920
Delaura Middle School	3.6	843
Meadowlane Intermediate Elementary School	13	824
Westside Elementary School	20.1	798
Pineapple Cove Classical Academy at West Melbourne	1.4	796
Sunrise Elementary School	11.7	759
Jupiter Elementary School	28	732
Apollo Elementary School	24.5	730
Endeavour Elementary School	35	717
Riviera Elementary School	21.3	696
John F. Kennedy Middle School	13.4	673
Stone Magnet Middle School	35.7	670
Imperial Estates Elementary School	21.9	658
Meadowlane Primary Elementary School	14	650
Saturn Elementary School	34.8	643
Discovery Elementary School	25.1	641
Port Malabar Elementary School	22.5	640
Dr.w. J. Creel Elementary School	19	626
Christa McAuliffe Elementary School	17.1	621
Atlantis Elementary School	1.6	617
Fairglen Elementary School	1.6	617
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School	12.3	610
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	5.1	608
Roy Allen Elementary School	3.8	598
Imagine Schools at West Melbourne	22.4	588
Palm Bay Elementary School	34.1	586
Lockmar Elementary School	9.9	583
Hans Christian Andersen Elementary School	19.6	567
Coquina Elementary School	24.2	557
Andrew Jackson Middle School	21.1	551
John F. Turner Senior Elementary School	28.5	543
Columbia Elementary School	23.3	506
Herbert C. Hoover Middle School	3	506
Oak Park Elementary School	21	501
Cambridge Elementary Magnet School	25.5	495
University Park Elementary School	37.8	484
Mims Elementary School	26	462
Odyssey Preparatory Charter Academy	26.4	458
Ralph M. Williams Junior Elementary School	5.5	451
James Madison Middle School	15.9	446
Golfview Elementary Magnet School	41.7	441
Mila Elementary School	12.2	433
Harbor City Elementary School	7.4	403
Ronald McNair Magnet Middle School	32.1	364
Palm Bay Academy Charter School	44.5	364
Emma Jewel Charter Academy	78.9	341
Royal Palm Charter School	3.3	332
Pre-K Ese Services	8.7	196