Brevard Sun

There were 12,375 Hispanic students enrolled in Brevard County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 3.7% increase from the 11,932 Hispanic 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, Hispanic students comprised 16.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 107 schools in Brevard County, Heritage High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 495 students, making up 24.5% 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 Hispanic Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Viera High School	15%	2,314
Melbourne Senior High School	14.4%	2,176
Bayside High School	20.4%	2,040
Heritage High School	24.5%	2,023
Odyssey Charter School	21.5%	1,913
Viera Charter School	15.9%	1,562
Rockledge Senior High School	18.3%	1,547
Satellite Senior High School	9%	1,508
Eau Gallie High School	19.9%	1,490
Space Coast Junior/Senior High School	9.6%	1,488
Merritt Island High School	13.6%	1,483
Cocoa High School	28.9%	1,468
Palm Bay Magnet Senior High School	20.3%	1,411
Titusville High School	13.8%	1,310
Pineapple Cove Classical Academy	20.1%	1,067
Central Middle School	20.8%	1,060
Astronaut High School	10.8%	1,053
Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School	12.6%	1,029
Edgewood Jr/Senior High School	12.5%	935
West Shore Junior/Senior High School	10.8%	931
Southwest Middle School	18.6%	899
Manatee Elementary School	11%	876
Sunrise Elementary School	14.9%	868
Westside Elementary School	23.1%	867
Jupiter Elementary School	21.6%	852
Delaura Middle School	8.8%	825
Pineapple Cove Classical Academy at West Melbourne	15.3%	799
Meadowlane Intermediate Elementary School	14.9%	797
Viera Elementary School	14%	784
Quest Elementary School	10.6%	714
Endeavour Elementary School	50.4%	714
Pineapple Cove Classical Academy at Lockmar	19.7%	692
Discovery Elementary School	25.1%	681
Indialantic Elementary School	12.9%	680
Imperial Estates Elementary School	14.3%	669
John F. Kennedy Middle School	14.6%	665
Pinecrest Academy Space Coast	21.1%	663
Meadowlane Primary Elementary School	16.5%	655
Christa McAuliffe Elementary School	25.3%	647
Riviera Elementary School	29.9%	646
Apollo Elementary School	13.6%	641
Atlantis Elementary School	10.9%	635
Lewis Carroll Elementary School	12.3%	628
Palm Bay Elementary School	22.4%	626
Tropical Elementary School	11.8%	619
Imagine Schools at West Melbourne	18.2%	617
Enterprise Elementary School	9.8%	610
Longleaf Elementary School	12%	606
Port Malabar Elementary School	20.5%	605
Lockmar Elementary School	20.5%	601
Suntree Elementary School	11.7%	599
Dr.w. J. Creel Elementary School	21.4%	588
Saturn Elementary School	21.5%	587
Stone Magnet Middle School	16.8%	585
Roy Allen Elementary School	22.4%	581
John F. Turner Senior Elementary School	21.5%	577
Sculptor Charter School	8.4%	560
Andrew Jackson Middle School	16.3%	560
Columbia Elementary School	25.8%	559
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School	22.6%	554
W. Melbourne Elementary School for Science	10.4%	550
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	12.3%	543
Pinewood Elementary School	4.3%	530
Ocean Breeze Elementary School	10.1%	527
Hans Christian Andersen Elementary School	13.9%	524
Fairglen Elementary School	12.6%	517
Sabal Elementary School	29.1%	512
Robert L. Stevenson Elementary School	5.5%	505
Cambridge Elementary Magnet School	45.5%	505
Coquina Elementary School	15.4%	488
University Park Elementary School	10.5%	487
Croton Elementary School	22.6%	483
Challenger 7 Elementary School	12.7%	480
Oak Park Elementary School	13.8%	472
Sherwood Elementary School	16%	468
Golfview Elementary Magnet School	25.1%	459
Odyssey Preparatory Charter Academy	21.7%	457
South Lake Elementary School	6.7%	446
Gemini Elementary School	9%	445
Herbert C. Hoover Middle School	10.6%	443
Ralph M. Williams Junior Elementary School	16.3%	443
Spessard L. Holland Elementary School	12.4%	434
Mila Elementary School	17.4%	431
James Madison Middle School	9.3%	430
Audubon Elementary School	11.7%	420
Surfside Elementary School	7.2%	419
Mims Elementary School	8.9%	415
Freedom 7 Elementary School of International Studies	6.4%	408
Harbor City Elementary School	17.1%	397
Palm Bay Academy Charter School	22.1%	389
Emma Jewel Charter Academy	7.4%	364
Ronald McNair Magnet Middle School	25.1%	355
Royal Palm Charter School	21.6%	342
Sea Park Elementary School	3.1%	326
Cape View Elementary School	20.8%	293
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School	15.7%	268
Brevard Virtual Franchise	13.7%	226
Pre-K Ese Services	12.8%	218
Educational Horizons Charter	11.4%	132
South Area Alternative Learning Center	20%	100