Nature Coast Times

There were 12,092 white students enrolled in Citrus County's only school district in the 2023-24 school year, a 2% decrease from the 12,336 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Citrus County welcomed a total of 15,889 students at the time. Among them, white students comprised 76.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county. They were followed by Hispanic students with a count of 1,832 (11.5%), and multiracial students, totaling 971, or 6.1% of the student population.

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 white Students	Total District Enrollment	% of Total Enrollment
Citrus County School District	12,092	15,889	76.1%