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Clarke County School District: 568 multiracial students were enrolled in 2022-23 school year

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Richard Woods State School Superintendent | georgia.gov

Richard Woods State School Superintendent | georgia.gov

There were 568 multiracial students enrolled in Clarke County school district in the 2022-23 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Clarke County school district welcomed 11,363 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county's school district.

This is the only school district located within Clarke County, with its main office in Athens.

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 Clarke County in 2022-23 School Year

African American (45%)Hispanic (27%)White (21%)Ethnicities < 5% (7%)

Multiracial Student Enrollment in Clarke County During 2022-23 School Year

District% multiracial studentsTotal enrollment
Clarke County5%11,363

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