Pensacola Times

There were 152 Alaska Native students enrolled in Escambia County's only school district in the 2023-24 school year, a 6.7% decrease from the 163 Alaska Native students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Escambia County welcomed a total of 37,214 students at the time. Among them, Alaska Native students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county. The most represented ethnicity was white, accounting for 44.4% of the students (16,535), followed by Black students who made up 34.2% of the student population (12,714).

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 Alaska Native Students	Total District Enrollment	% of Total Enrollment
Escambia County School District	152	37,214	0.4%