Athens Reporter

There were 707 multiracial students enrolled in Jackson County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 3.2% more than the previous year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Jackson County school districts welcomed 15,323 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4.6% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county's school districts.

The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Jackson County.

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.

District	% multiracial students	Total enrollment
Jackson County	5%	9,630
Jefferson City	4%	3,949
Commerce City	4%	1,744