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There were 9,813 white students enrolled in Nassau County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 0.3% decrease from the 9,841 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Nassau County welcomed a total of 12,656 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 77.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Nassau County, Yulee High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,034 students, making up 72.3% 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
Yulee High School	72.3%	1,431
Yulee Middle School	71.9%	1,215
Wildlight Elementary School	65.4%	1,164
Fernandina Beach High School	72.3%	980
West Nassau County High School	87.9%	933
Hilliard Middle-Senior High School	87.7%	783
Callahan Middle School	89.7%	708
Hilliard Elementary School	85.2%	696
Fernandina Beach Middle School	73.6%	689
Callahan Elementary School	88.1%	657
Emma Love Hardee Elementary School	72.4%	645
Yulee Primary School	70.5%	638
Southside Elementary School	71.1%	619
Yulee Elementary School	74.5%	599
Callahan Intermediate School	90.5%	591
Bryceville Elementary School	93.2%	222
Nassau Virtual Franchise	80.2%	86