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Florida: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

64 counties

Florida counties ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two public school students picked at random from the county belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 59.9%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Duval CountyFL211141,20971.1%
2Alachua CountyFL6129,61870.9%
3Hillsborough CountyFL300223,19370.5%
4Seminole CountyFL7463,93470.2%
5Palm Beach CountyFL234192,83169.9%
6St. Lucie CountyFL5450,80969.9%
7Hamilton CountyFL51,61869.6%
8Orange CountyFL275216,81368.9%
9Marion CountyFL6246,34968.8%
10Glades CountyFL71,85268.3%
11Lake CountyFL6047,99767.9%
12Escambia CountyFL6737,05667.4%
13Leon CountyFL5535,24667.4%
14Broward CountyFL327244,50267.4%
15Highlands CountyFL2212,04067.3%
16Polk CountyFL164117,00467.3%
17Pinellas CountyFL15187,95567.1%
18Indian River CountyFL2816,62166.0%
19Manatee CountyFL7954,20866.0%
20Monroe CountyFL228,92865.0%
21Volusia CountyFL8761,76564.9%
22Putnam CountyFL1810,08264.1%
23Pasco CountyFL10586,87364.0%
24Clay CountyFL4938,80662.7%
25Lee CountyFL116102,52462.7%
26Brevard CountyFL10973,58762.6%
27Flagler CountyFL1113,52161.8%
28Sumter CountyFL1210,01360.8%
29Hernando CountyFL2923,73460.6%
30DeSoto CountyFL94,17160.5%
31Madison CountyFL92,28060.3%
32Collier CountyFL6948,25260.1%
33Jackson CountyFL185,83959.7%
34Okeechobee CountyFL126,20659.6%
35Martin CountyFL3218,31659.5%
36Okaloosa CountyFL4932,12059.4%
37Columbia CountyFL169,81559.3%
38Bay CountyFL4827,67259.1%
39Suwannee CountyFL106,00458.8%
40Sarasota CountyFL6145,25358.6%
41Charlotte CountyFL2416,99755.8%
42Levy CountyFL125,55455.5%
43Bradford CountyFL82,84855.4%
44Osceola CountyFL8274,16454.7%
45Hendry CountyFL137,59253.4%
46Taylor CountyFL72,52453.3%
47St. Johns CountyFL5852,89552.4%
48Hardee CountyFL94,54751.8%
49Franklin CountyFL51,23449.3%
50Walton CountyFL2212,06948.6%

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