Treasure Coast Sun

The most represented ethnicity among St. Lucie County students was Hispanic, accounting for 34.8% of the student population, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Of the 45,661 students attending St. Lucie County schools, 34.8% were Hispanic. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 31.8% of St. Lucie County students.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students were also the most common ethnicity in St. Lucie County, representing 32.5% of the student body.

Pace Center for Girls Treasure Coast had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, including 32.3% white students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased by 4.7% when compared to the previous year.

Florida's choice to stick with in-person classes during the pandemic may have shielded students from significant learning setbacks. A recent Harvard study highlighted that districts heavily reliant on remote learning saw the most significant declines in student achievement amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Interestingly, gaps in math achievement by race and school poverty did not widen in school districts in states such as Texas and Florida and elsewhere that remained largely in-person, said Thomas Kane, professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

School Name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Acceleration Academy	White	39.5%	263
Allapattah Flats K-8	Hispanic	38.8%	1,240
Bayshore Elementary School	Black	35.1%	835
Chester A. Moore Elementary School	Black	68.3%	366
Creative Arts Academy of St. Lucie	Black	40.4%	483
Dale Cassens Education Complex	Black	59.4%	271
Dan McCarty Middle School	Black	54.9%	747
Data House	Black	< 10%	10
FAU/SLCSD Palm Pointe Educational Research School @ Traditio	White	38.5%	1,460
Fairlawn Elementary School	Hispanic	35.5%	651
Floresta Elementary School	Hispanic	35.6%	647
Forest Grove Middle School	Black	39.6%	871
Fort Pierce Central High School	Hispanic	40.8%	3,091
Fort Pierce Westwood Academy the W.E.S.T. Prep Magnet	Black	49.3%	2,010
Frances K. Sweet Elementary School	Black	68%	362
Independence Classical Academy	White	71.5%	418
Lakewood Park Elementary School	Black	37.1%	615
Lawnwood Elementary School	Black	44.4%	746
Lincoln Park Academy	Black	38.2%	1,594
Manatee Academy K-8	White	31.6%	1,664
Mariposa Elementary School	Hispanic	40.3%	734
Morningside Elementary School	White	47.8%	669
Mosaic Digital Academy (St. Lucie Virtual Franchise)	White	38.2%	283
Northport K-8 School	Hispanic	35.6%	1,223
Oak Hammock K-8 School	Hispanic	38.2%	1,633
Pace Center for Girls Treasure Coast	White	32.3%	31
Parkway Elementary School	Hispanic	36%	509
Performance Based Preparatory Academy	Black	37.4%	139
Port St. Lucie High School	White	34%	1,748
Renaissance Charter School at Tradition	Hispanic	37.7%	1,171
Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie	Hispanic	34.6%	1,393
Rivers Edge Elementary School	White	37.1%	695
Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies	Hispanic	49.6%	794
Savanna Ridge Elementary School	Hispanic	36.1%	452
Somerset Academy Bethany	Hispanic	38.9%	339
Somerset Academy St. Lucie	Hispanic	35.8%	690
Somerset College Preparatory Academy	White	36.1%	1,360
Southern Oaks Middle School	Black	32.8%	894
Southport Middle School	White	34.6%	823
St. Lucie County Jail - Rock Road Academy	Black	75%	28
St. Lucie Detention Center	Black	53.9%	39
St. Lucie Elementary School	Black	59.5%	729
St. Lucie Virtual Instruction Program	White	60%	25
St. Lucie West Centennial High School	Hispanic	34%	2,766
St. Lucie West K-8 School	Hispanic	36.7%	1,601
Tradition Preparatory High School	Hispanic	38.3%	726
Treasure Coast High School	Hispanic	36.1%	3,066
Village Green Environmental Studies School	White	32%	560
Weatherbee Elementary School	Hispanic	47%	672
West Gate K-8 School	Hispanic	33.2%	1,522
White City Elementary School	Hispanic	45.3%	457
Windmill Point Elementary School	Hispanic	34.9%	1,006