Key West Reporter

There were 3,604 white students enrolled in Monroe County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 5.2% decrease from the 3,801 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Monroe County welcomed a total of 8,832 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 40.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Monroe County, Key West High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 501 students, making up 38.5% 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 white Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Key West High School	38.5%	1,302
Horace O'Bryant School	19.4%	994
Marathon School	39.9%	772
Key Largo School	32.5%	759
Coral Shores High School	51.7%	753
Sugarloaf School	61.9%	678
Gerald Adams Elementary School	19.7%	665
Stanley Switlik Elementary School	35.6%	593
Plantation Key School	58.2%	552
Poinciana Elementary School	20.8%	552
Sigsbee Charter School	62.2%	545
Treasure Village Montessori Charter School	69.2%	195
Ocean Studies Charter	58.3%	180
Big Pine Academy	71.7%	99
Somerset Island Prep	53.9%	89
May Sands Montessori School	67.4%	86
Monroe Virtual Franchise	66.7%	18