Asian students comprised 2% of Oglethorpe County Primary enrollment for 2024-25

For the 2024-25 school year, Oglethorpe County Primary School enrolled 10 Asian students, matching the total from the prior year, based on data from the Georgia Department of Education.

The overall enrollment at Oglethorpe County Primary School reached 522 students during the 2024-25 school year. Asian students accounted for 2% of the student population, representing the school’s smallest demographic group.

This school serves students within the Oglethorpe County School District, whose central office is in Lexington.

Oglethorpe County High School had the largest Asian student enrollment in the district in 2024-25, totaling 13 students across its four schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics reports that the racial and ethnic makeup of Georgia’s public school students was approximately 36.4% Black, 35.9% white, 18.1% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4.6% multiracial, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native and 0.1% Pacific Islander.

Chronic absenteeism remains a substantial concern in Georgia schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students absent at least 10% of school days in 2024, the Georgia Department of Education reported. The agency responded by introducing a statewide initiative that features a real-time attendance dashboard, a broad awareness campaign, and focused assistance for high-need districts to improve daily student attendance.

Legislators in Georgia passed a bill in 2025 updating school attendance laws. The statute prohibits expulsion based solely on absenteeism and introduces new reporting rules that correspond to programs offering alternative diploma pathways for students.

By 2026, the average student-to-teacher ratio in Georgia stood at about 14:1, a figure that is better than the national average of 15:1.