Orlando Standard

There were 50,711 Black students enrolled in Orange County districts in the 2022-23 school year, a 0.4% decrease from the 50,936 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Orange County welcomed a total of 217,004 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 23.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was Hispanic, accounting for 94,167 (43.4%) of the students, followed by white students who represented 54,709 (25.2%) of the student population.

Among the two districts in Orange County, Orange County School District recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 49,813 students, making up 23.9% of the school's total student body. This marks a 0.4% decrease from 24.3% of Black students in the district during the previous school year.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in its 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrollment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked ninth out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

District	% of Black Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Orange County School District	23.9	208,445
FL Virtual School District	10.5	8,559