Tampa Republic

There were 88,735 Hispanic students enrolled in Hillsborough County's only school district in the 2023-24 school year, a 1.8% increase over the 87,208 Hispanic students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Hillsborough County welcomed a total of 224,152 students at the time. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 39.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county. They were followed by white students with a count of 66,484 (29.7%), and Black students, totaling 46,314, or 20.7% 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 Hispanic Students	Total District Enrollment	% of Total Enrollment
Hillsborough County School District	88,735	224,152	39.6%