Brevard Sun

There were 10,984 Black students enrolled in Brevard County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 1.3% increase from the 10,842 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Brevard County welcomed a total of 73,721 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 14.9% 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 568 students, making up 28.1% of the school's total student body.

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.

A 2024 WalletHub study ranked Florida 49th in the nation for teacher salaries when adjusted for cost of living, making it one of the lowest in the U.S.

School name	% of Black Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Viera High School	5.2%	2,314
Melbourne Senior High School	8.4%	2,176
Bayside High School	22.8%	2,040
Heritage High School	28.1%	2,023
Odyssey Charter School	23.7%	1,913
Viera Charter School	7.5%	1,562
Rockledge Senior High School	24.7%	1,547
Satellite Senior High School	1.6%	1,508
Eau Gallie High School	12%	1,490
Space Coast Junior/Senior High School	5.5%	1,488
Merritt Island High School	5%	1,483
Cocoa High School	29.2%	1,468
Palm Bay Magnet Senior High School	32.4%	1,411
Titusville High School	18%	1,310
Pineapple Cove Classical Academy	6.2%	1,067
Central Middle School	14.5%	1,060
Astronaut High School	12.6%	1,053
Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School	3.2%	1,029
Edgewood Jr/Senior High School	2%	935
West Shore Junior/Senior High School	2.7%	931
Southwest Middle School	25.6%	899
Manatee Elementary School	5.7%	876
Sunrise Elementary School	16.5%	868
Westside Elementary School	24.1%	867
Jupiter Elementary School	29.6%	852
Delaura Middle School	2.8%	825
Pineapple Cove Classical Academy at West Melbourne	6%	799
Meadowlane Intermediate Elementary School	13.4%	797
Viera Elementary School	4.3%	784
Quest Elementary School	3.9%	714
Endeavour Elementary School	29.3%	714
Pineapple Cove Classical Academy at Lockmar	10.5%	692
Discovery Elementary School	27.6%	681
Indialantic Elementary School	2.5%	680
Imperial Estates Elementary School	23.9%	669
John F. Kennedy Middle School	18.8%	665
Pinecrest Academy Space Coast	6.6%	663
Meadowlane Primary Elementary School	12.2%	655
Christa McAuliffe Elementary School	19.3%	647
Riviera Elementary School	21.5%	646
Apollo Elementary School	32.1%	641
Atlantis Elementary School	6.6%	635
Lewis Carroll Elementary School	2.5%	628
Palm Bay Elementary School	34.8%	626
Tropical Elementary School	1.8%	619
Imagine Schools at West Melbourne	21.6%	617
Enterprise Elementary School	4.4%	610
Longleaf Elementary School	3.8%	606
Port Malabar Elementary School	19.8%	605
Lockmar Elementary School	17%	601
Suntree Elementary School	3.7%	599
Dr.w. J. Creel Elementary School	20.7%	588
Saturn Elementary School	35.8%	587
Stone Magnet Middle School	30.6%	585
Roy Allen Elementary School	9.6%	581
John F. Turner Senior Elementary School	28.2%	577
Andrew Jackson Middle School	21.3%	560
Columbia Elementary School	22.4%	559
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School	13.4%	554
W. Melbourne Elementary School for Science	6.2%	550
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	5.2%	543
Pinewood Elementary School	4.2%	530
Hans Christian Andersen Elementary School	19.1%	524
Fairglen Elementary School	8.3%	517
Sabal Elementary School	7.6%	512
Cambridge Elementary Magnet School	26.5%	505
Coquina Elementary School	20.9%	488
University Park Elementary School	37.6%	487
Croton Elementary School	10.1%	483
Challenger 7 Elementary School	7.3%	480
Oak Park Elementary School	21.2%	472
Sherwood Elementary School	9.6%	468
Golfview Elementary Magnet School	41.2%	459
Odyssey Preparatory Charter Academy	27.8%	457
South Lake Elementary School	3.8%	446
Herbert C. Hoover Middle School	5%	443
Ralph M. Williams Junior Elementary School	12%	443
Spessard L. Holland Elementary School	4.8%	434
Mila Elementary School	20.9%	431
James Madison Middle School	16.5%	430
Audubon Elementary School	6%	420
Mims Elementary School	28.9%	415
Freedom 7 Elementary School of International Studies	2.5%	408
Harbor City Elementary School	10.3%	397
Palm Bay Academy Charter School	45.2%	389
Emma Jewel Charter Academy	78%	364
Ronald McNair Magnet Middle School	32.4%	355
Royal Palm Charter School	14.9%	342
Cape View Elementary School	4.4%	293
Brevard Virtual Franchise	8.4%	226
Pre-K Ese Services	8.3%	218
Educational Horizons Charter	11.4%	132
South Area Alternative Learning Center	34%	100
North/Central Area Alternative Learning Center	39.8%	93
Fieldston Preparatory School	32.4%	74
Devereux Hospital	22.5%	71
Project Search	22.9%	48
Brevard County Juvenile Detention Center	57.1%	35