Athens Reporter

There were 169 Asian students enrolled in Clarke County school in the 2022-23 school year, 15.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Clarke County welcomed 13,951 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 1.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Clarke County, Clarke Central High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 35 students.

While enrollment in Georgia inches closer to pre-pandemic levels, chronic absenteeism remains a serious challenge. In 2023, a significant portion of students (23%) missed 10% or more of their classes. Although this is slightly better than the peak of 25% in 2022, it's still nearly double the pre-pandemic rate of 13% recorded in 2019.

School name	% of Asian Students	Total Asian Students	Total enrollment
Barrow Elementary School	6%	23	395
Timothy Elementary School	3%	14	477
Clarke Central High School	2%	35	1,765
Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School	2%	14	716
Clarke Middle School	2%	13	693
Cleveland Road Elementary School	2%	4	239
Foothills Charter High School (Central Office - Athens)	1%	26	2,603
Cedar Shoals High School	1%	13	1,392
Whitehead Road Elementary School	1%	6	611
Hilsman Middle School	1%	6	604
Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School	1%	5	509
Chase Street Elementary School	1%	4	433
Barnett Shoals Elementary School	1%	4	421
Alps Road Elementary School	1%	2	287
Coile Middle School	0%	0	633
Gaines Elementary School	0%	0	459
Whit Davis Road Elementary School	0%	0	368
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary	0%	0	358
Fowler Drive Elementary School	0%	0	337
Winterville Elementary School	0%	0	323
Howard B. Stroud Elementary School	0%	0	306
Classic City High School	0%	0	22