Athens Reporter

There were 3,559 white students enrolled in Clarke County school in the 2022-23 school year, 1.3% more 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, white students comprised 25.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Clarke County, Foothills Charter High School (Central Office - Athens) recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,171 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 name	% of White Students	Total White Students	Total enrollment
Chase Street Elementary School	52%	225	433
Foothills Charter High School (Central Office - Athens)	45%	1,171	2,603
Barrow Elementary School	41%	161	395
Timothy Elementary School	39%	186	477
Clarke Middle School	35%	242	693
Barnett Shoals Elementary School	30%	126	421
Whit Davis Road Elementary School	27%	99	368
Clarke Central High School	25%	441	1,765
Cleveland Road Elementary School	24%	57	239
Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School	22%	111	509
Hilsman Middle School	21%	126	604
Winterville Elementary School	21%	67	323
Whitehead Road Elementary School	17%	103	611
Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School	16%	114	716
Cedar Shoals High School	13%	180	1,392
Classic City High School	13%	2	22
Fowler Drive Elementary School	9%	30	337
Gaines Elementary School	7%	32	459
Coile Middle School	6%	37	633
Alps Road Elementary School	6%	17	287
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary	5%	17	358
Howard B. Stroud Elementary School	5%	15	306