Brevard County's student body primarily comprised of white students in 2022-23 school year

FL Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. 2023 | Commissioner of Education

By Brevard Sun

Mar 14, 2024

The majority of students in Brevard County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Of the 74,125 students attending Brevard County schools, 58.4% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 16.1% of Brevard County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common ethnicity in Brevard County, representing 57.9% of the student body.

Riviera Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, including 34.8% white students, 29.3% Hispanic students, 21.3% Black students, 11.5% multiracial students, and 2.3% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased by 2.2% when compared to the previous year.

Florida's choice to stick with in-person classes during the pandemic may have shielded students from significant learning setbacks. A recent Harvard study highlighted that districts heavily reliant on remote learning saw the most significant declines in student achievement amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Interestingly, gaps in math achievement by race and school poverty did not widen in school districts in states such as Texas and Florida and elsewhere that remained largely in-person, said Thomas Kane, professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Ethnicities in Brevard County in 2022-23 School Year

Students' Ethnicity Percentage in Brevard County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

School Name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Andrew Jackson Middle School	White	53.2%	551
Apollo Elementary School	White	51.1%	730
Astronaut High School	White	67.5%	1,112
Atlantis Elementary School	White	73.7%	617
Audubon Elementary School	White	63.6%	450
Bayside High School	White	50.1%	1,854
Brevard County Jail Complex	Black	< 10%	< 10
Brevard County Juvenile Detention Center	Black	< 10%	16
Brevard Virtual Franchise	White	64.1%	276
Cambridge Elementary Magnet School	Hispanic	45.1%	495
Cape View Elementary School	White	65.9%	305
Central Middle School	White	53.8%	1,127
Challenger 7 Elementary School	White	68.9%	501
Christa McAuliffe Elementary School	White	47.3%	621
Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School	White	75.7%	982
Cocoa High School	White	34.4%	1,551
Columbia Elementary School	White	45.5%	506
Coquina Elementary School	White	51.4%	557
Croton Elementary School	White	59%	488
Delaura Middle School	White	79%	843
Devereux Hospital	White	68.3%	63
Discovery Elementary School	White	39.9%	641
Dr.w. J. Creel Elementary School	White	44.9%	626
Eau Gallie High School	White	57.6%	1,586
Edgewood Jr/Senior High School	White	67.9%	939
Educational Horizons Charter	White	51.9%	131
Emma Jewel Charter Academy	Black	78.9%	341
Endeavour Elementary School	Hispanic	48.1%	717
Enterprise Elementary School	White	77.3%	599
Fairglen Elementary School	White	70.3%	617
Fieldston Preparatory School	White	40%	95
Freedom 7 Elementary School of International Studies	White	75.2%	403
Gemini Elementary School	White	87.8%	468
Golfview Elementary Magnet School	Black	41.7%	441
Hans Christian Andersen Elementary School	White	52.4%	567
Harbor City Elementary School	White	58.3%	403
Herbert C. Hoover Middle School	White	78.3%	506
Heritage High School	White	37.7%	2,007
Imagine Schools at West Melbourne	White	46.1%	588
Imperial Estates Elementary School	White	51.1%	658
Indialantic Elementary School	White	77.9%	687
James Madison Middle School	White	65.5%	446
John F. Kennedy Middle School	White	59.3%	673
John F. Turner Senior Elementary School	White	39.2%	543
Jupiter Elementary School	White	38.5%	732
Lewis Carroll Elementary School	White	80.2%	626
Lockmar Elementary School	White	54.6%	583
Longleaf Elementary School	White	73.1%	631
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School	White	57.1%	610
Manatee Elementary School	White	72.8%	897
Meadowlane Intermediate Elementary School	White	56.9%	824
Meadowlane Primary Elementary School	White	57.4%	650
Melbourne Center for Personal Growth	Black	< 10%	13
Melbourne Senior High School	White	66.7%	2,249
Merritt Island High School	White	71.5%	1,546
Mila Elementary School	White	48.5%	433
Mims Elementary School	White	55%	462
North/Central Area Alternative Learning Center	Black	42.6%	54
Oak Park Elementary School	White	53.1%	501
Ocean Breeze Elementary School	White	82.1%	554
Odyssey Charter School	White	42.2%	1,847
Odyssey Preparatory Charter Academy	White	39.7%	458
Palm Bay Academy Charter School	Black	46.7%	364
Palm Bay Elementary School	White	41.3%	586
Palm Bay Magnet Senior High School	White	38.2%	1,486
Pineapple Cove Classical Academy	White	66.3%	1,044
Pineapple Cove Classical Academy at Lockmar	White	59.1%	562
Pineapple Cove Classical Academy at West Melbourne	White	69.1%	796
Pinecrest Academy Space Coast	White	60.8%	673
Pinewood Elementary School	White	89.8%	521
Port Malabar Elementary School	White	47.3%	640
Pre-K Ese Services	White	68.9%	196
Project Search	White	51.5%	33
Quest Elementary School	White	72.8%	691
Ralph M. Williams Junior Elementary School	White	63.2%	451
Riviera Elementary School	White	34.8%	696
Robert L. Stevenson Elementary School	White	85.4%	506
Rockledge Senior High School	White	46.3%	1,558
Ronald McNair Magnet Middle School	White	36.3%	364
Roy Allen Elementary School	White	57.2%	598
Royal Palm Charter School	White	56.3%	332
Sabal Elementary School	White	54.7%	503
Satellite Senior High School	White	80.6%	1,517
Saturn Elementary School	Black	34.8%	643
Sculptor Charter School	White	80.2%	556
Sea Park Elementary School	White	81.2%	335
Sherwood Elementary School	White	60.3%	458
South Area Alternative Learning Center	White	44.8%	67
South Lake Elementary School	White	83%	434
Southwest Middle School	White	44.9%	920
Space Coast Junior/Senior High School	White	74.5%	1,534
Spessard L. Holland Elementary School	White	73.8%	432
Stone Magnet Middle School	White	37.9%	670
Sunrise Elementary School	White	62.2%	759
Suntree Elementary School	White	73%	600
Surfside Elementary School	White	83.1%	443
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School	White	73.6%	288
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	White	68.8%	608
Titusville High School	White	57.8%	1,314
Tropical Elementary School	White	77.2%	671
University Park Elementary School	White	40.5%	484
Viera Charter School	White	68.1%	1,530
Viera Elementary School	White	71.7%	695
Viera High School	White	68.7%	2,289
W. Melbourne Elementary School for Science	White	62.7%	549
West Shore Junior/Senior High School	White	67%	930
Westside Elementary School	White	50.5%	798