Athens Reporter

There were 858 multiracial students enrolled in Barrow County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Barrow County School District welcomed 14,303 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 6% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the district.

Among the 16 schools in Barrow County School District, Bear Creek Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 108 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.

School Year	Total enrollment	Total Multiracial Students	% of Multiracial Students
2022-23	14,303	858	6%
2021-22	13,877	832	6%
2020-21	13,625	817	6%
2019-20	13,731	686	5%
2018-19	13,488	674	5%
2017-18	13,344	667	5%
2016-17	13,084	654	5%
2015-16	12,905	645	5%
2014-15	12,973	648	5%
2013-14	12,805	512	4%
2012-13	12,591	503	4%
2011-12	12,446	497	4%
2010-11	12,309	492	4%