Athens Reporter

There were 7,008 white students enrolled in Barrow County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.9% less 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, white students comprised 49% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Among the 16 schools in Barrow County School District, Bear Creek Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 882 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 White Students	% of White Students
2022-23	14,303	7,008	49%
2021-22	13,877	7,216	52%
2020-21	13,625	7,357	54%
2019-20	13,731	7,689	56%
2018-19	13,488	7,688	57%
2017-18	13,344	7,739	58%
2016-17	13,084	7,850	60%
2015-16	12,905	7,872	61%
2014-15	12,973	8,172	63%
2013-14	12,805	8,195	64%
2012-13	12,591	8,058	64%
2011-12	12,446	7,965	64%
2010-11	12,309	7,877	64%