West Volusia News

There were 10,115 Black students enrolled in Volusia County's only school district in the 2023-24 school year, a 1% decrease from the 10,217 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Volusia County welcomed a total of 62,742 students at the time. Among them, Black students comprised 16.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was white, accounting for 52.2% of the students (32,761), followed by Hispanic students who made up 24% of the student population (15,070).

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.

According to the National Education Association (NEA), Florida ranks 50th in the U.S. in terms of teacher salaries, only ahead of West Virginia.

District	No. of Black Students	Total District Enrollment	% of Total Enrollment
Volusia County School District	10,115	62,742	16.1%