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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 15.5% of Peach County's student body during 2022-23 school year

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GA Superintendent of Education Richard Woods 2023 | Georgia Department of Education

GA Superintendent of Education Richard Woods 2023 | Georgia Department of Education

There were 585 Hispanic students enrolled in Peach County school in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Peach County welcomed 3,767 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 15.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the six schools in Peach County, Peach County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 193 students.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia's public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.

The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.

Ethnicities in Peach County in 2022-23 School Year

Black 51%White 28%Hispanic 16%Ethnicities <5% 5%

Enrollment Demographics in Peach County During 2022-23 School Year

School name% of Hispanic StudentsTotal Hispanic StudentsTotal enrollment
Kay Road Elementary21%100479
Fort Valley Middle School20%97485
Peach County High School18%1931,074
Hunt Elementary School13%81624
Byron Elementary School12%78653
Byron Middle School8%36452

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