Orlando Standard

There were 94,167 Hispanic students enrolled in Orange County districts in the 2022-23 school year, a 2.7% increase over the 91,713 Hispanic 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, Hispanic students comprised 43.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county. They were followed by white students with a count of 54,709 (25.2%), and Black students, totaling 50,711, or 23.4% of the student population.

Among the two districts in Orange County, Orange County School District recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 91,477 students, making up 43.9% of the school's total student body. This marks a 0.7% increase over 43.2% of Hispanic 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 Hispanic Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Orange County School District	43.9	208,445
FL Virtual School District	31.4	8,559