- June 16, 2026
The year 2023 was an inflection point for Flagler Schools as well as the state’s other school districts, Flagler School Planner Lisa Davina said.
Davina presented the working group’s annual report to Flagler County’s Interlocal Oversight Committee on June 11. The committee and working group were established in 2022 with representatives from Flagler County, its cities and the school district to oversee public school facility planning.
In 2023, the Florida Department of Education adopted the universal voucher program to distribute scholarships to families of K-12 students attending private schools or home schools regardless of income. According to the DOE’s annual October report, Flagler’s Full Time Equivalent enrollment peaked in 2023 at 12,643 students. It has dropped each year since then to 12,369 in October 2025, with a projected total of 12,221 in October 2026, reflecting the shift in enrollment patterns.
Flagler Schools’ projections through 2035 continue to drop with a low of 10,383 in 2034 and a slight rise to 10,434 in 2035.
The projections do not include future large developments that have not yet applied for reserved school capacity, Davina said. The numbers are more dependable in the first three years of the projections as assumptions become less dependable over time, she said.
While most Flagler public schools are under capacity, the district is nearing its ability to absorb students from new developments at the high school levels, the report said.
The district’s five-year facilities work plan does not include plans for new school construction or school expansion.
