East Panhandle News

There were 971 white students enrolled in Madison County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 6.4% decrease from the 1,037 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Madison County welcomed a total of 2,300 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 42.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Madison County, Madison Creative Arts Academy Inc. recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 313 students, making up 80.3% 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
Madison County Central School	21.6%	802
Madison County High School	37.3%	488
Madison Creative Arts Academy Inc.	80.3%	390
James Madison Preparatory High School	60.7%	196
Lee Elementary School	59.4%	170
Pinetta Elementary School	62.4%	133