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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

How many Asian students were enrolled in Bay County's only school district in 2023-24 school year?

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Manny Diaz,Jr., Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education | https://www.fldoe.org/about-us/commissioner.stml

Manny Diaz,Jr., Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education | https://www.fldoe.org/about-us/commissioner.stml

There were 502 Asian students enrolled in Bay County's only school district in the 2023-24 school year, a 3.9% increase over the 483 Asian students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Bay County welcomed a total of 27,675 students at the time. Among them, Asian students comprised 1.8% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was white, accounting for 61.6% of the students (17,050), followed by Black students who made up 14.6% of the student population (4,027).

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.

Ethnicities in Bay County in 2023-24 School Year

White [61.6%]Black [14.6%]Hispanic [13.7%]Multiracial [7.7%]Ethnicities with <5% [2.1%]

Enrollment Demographics in Bay County Only School District During 2023-24 School Year
DistrictNo. of Asian StudentsTotal District Enrollment% of Total Enrollment
Bay District Schools50227,6751.8%

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