Key West Reporter

Monroe County School District's ninth-grade had the highest student enrollment per grade in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Overall, there were 712 students enrolled in district’s ninth-grade in the 2022-23 school year, making up 8.0% of the student body in the district.

The number of students in the ninth-grade fell by 0.3% compared to the year before.

Monroe County School District also had a high enrollment for the ninth-grade, the second highest recorded in the district.

Within the district, Key West High School had the most ninth-grade students in the 2022-23 school year.

Data showed that Monroe County School District enrolled a total of 8,929 students in the 2022-23 school year, the 32nd lowest enrollment in Florida.

It was also ranked 32nd lowest in the year before.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in a total of 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrolment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked 9th out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

Schools	Number of Students
Big Pine Academy	101
Coral Shores High School	767
Gerald Adams Elementary School	669
Horace O'Bryant School	1,014
Key Largo School	773
Key West High School	1,352
Keys Center	0
Lower Keys Academic Connections for Excellence	0
Marathon School	707
May Sands Montessori School	94
Monroe Juvenile Detention Center	0
Monroe Virtual Franchise	30
Monroe Virtual Instruction Program	0
Monroe Virtual Instruction Program	0
Ocean Studies Charter	180
Plantation Key School	565
Poinciana Elementary School	507
Sigsbee Charter School	531
Somerset Island Prep	82
Stanley Switlik Elementary School	592
Sugarloaf School	673
Treasure Village Montessori Charter School	204
Upper Keys Academic Connections for Excellence	0
Total Monroe County School District	8,929