Clay County Times

There were 21,924 white students enrolled in Clay County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 2.8% decrease from the 22,547 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Clay County welcomed a total of 38,806 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 56.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 48 schools in Clay County, Middleburg High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,418 students, making up 76.4% 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
Oakleaf High School	29.4%	2,364
Orange Park High School	38.8%	1,926
Fleming Island High School	67.3%	1,862
Middleburg High School	76.4%	1,856
Ridgeview High School	47.7%	1,782
Clay High School	67.1%	1,706
Keystone Heights Junior/Senior High School	89.5%	1,169
Oakleaf Village Elementary School	31.5%	1,055
Lake Asbury Junior High School	69.2%	994
Oakleaf Junior High School	26.5%	993
Tynes Elementary School	58.5%	988
Plantation Oaks Elementary School	23.4%	959
Discovery Oaks Elementary School	33.3%	939
Lakeside Junior High School	59.2%	924
St. Johns Classical Academy	76.1%	858
Lake Asbury Elementary School	73.9%	849
Keystone Heights Elementary School	87%	821
Argyle Elementary School	27.4%	810
Thunderbolt Elementary School	64.3%	802
Orange Park Junior High School	33.8%	800
Green Cove Springs Junior High School	61.5%	792
Wilkinson Junior High School	74.1%	779
Lakeside Elementary School	52.7%	725
Shadowlawn Elementary School	77.4%	716
Rideout Elementary School	62.6%	696
Robert M. Paterson Elementary School	70.3%	693
Clay Charter Academy	27%	693
J. L. Wilkinson Elementary School	85.4%	679
Elementary School R	59.7%	677
Fleming Island Elementary School	70.1%	659
W. E. Cherry Elementary School	40.5%	640
Coppergate Elementary School	53.5%	606
Ridgeview Elementary School	54.4%	581
Charles E. Bennett Elementary School	57.3%	574
Doctors Inlet Elementary School	57.8%	569
Middleburg Elementary School	82.2%	545
McRae Elementary School	87.3%	542
S. Bryan Jennings Elementary School	27%	497
Orange Park Elementary School	71.5%	480
Swimming Pen Creek Elementary School	62.2%	474
Clay Hill Elementary School	89.6%	450
Montclair Elementary School	51.9%	420
Grove Park Elementary School	32.2%	394
R. C. Bannerman Learning Center	51.2%	213
Clay Virtual Franchise	67.4%	141
Pace Center for Girls Clay	51%	49
Amikids Clay County	69.8%	43
Florida Youth Challenge Academy	45.5%	22