Cedar Shoals High School reports 192 white students for 2024-25

During the 2024-25 school year, Cedar Shoals High School reported 192 white students enrolled, representing a 0.5% decrease from the prior year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Total enrollment at Cedar Shoals High School stood at 1,480 students for 2024-25. White students accounted for 13% of the population, ranking as the school’s third-largest demographic group.

The school is part of the Clarke County School District, which has its central office in Athens.

Clarke Central High School recorded the highest white student enrollment in the district for 2024-25, with 483 students out of the 21 schools in Clarke County School District.

Statewide, public schools in Georgia enrolled over 1.7 million students, according to the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report. The largest group was in the elementary grades with 787,206 students (45.9%), followed by middle schools with 388,733 students (22.7%), and high schools totaling 539,092 students (31.4%).

Chronic absenteeism continues to challenge Georgia schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing at least 10% of school days in 2024 as reported by the Georgia Department of Education. To address this, GaDOE started a statewide initiative featuring a real-time attendance dashboard, an awareness campaign, and focused assistance for districts with greater needs to increase daily attendance.

In 2025, the Georgia legislature enacted a law revising school attendance policies, eliminating expulsion solely for absenteeism. The law also introduced new reporting obligations and supports alternative programs that let students earn diplomas via multiple pathways.

By 2026, Georgia maintained an average student-teacher ratio of about 14:1, which outperformed the national ratio of 15:1.