This is an understatement. Virtually everyone I knew in Florida who had kids sent them to private school. These weren't rich people (they weren't in tech). Anyone who was remotely middle class would find a way to scrap the funds together because the public schools were so horrendous.
According to these sources, they're 4th lowest in teacher salaries despite being 36th lowest in COL: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/teacher-pay... https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/opportunity...
This results in public schools taking whatever they can get teacher-wise. Where I grew up (NJ) being a public school teacher was a respectable career that people would actually go to college and study for. It's not like that in FL. A lot of teachers are just people who couldn't find a job elsewhere and need to pay the bills.