White enrollment at Clarke Middle School reaches 249 for 2024-25

Clarke Middle School enrolled 249 white students during the 2024-25 school year, representing a 0.8% increase from the prior year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data indicated total student enrollment at Clarke Middle School reached 712 for the 2024-25 school year. Of those, white students comprised 35% of the population, ranking as the second-largest demographic at the school.

The school operates within the Clarke County School District, whose main administrative office is in Athens.

Among the 21 schools making up Clarke County School District, Clarke Central High School had the largest number of white students enrolled in 2024-25, totaling 483 students.

Georgia public schools enrolled over 1.7 million students, according to the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report. Elementary grades made up the highest share with 787,206 students (45.9%), followed by middle school at 388,733 (22.7%), and high school at 539,092 (31.4%).

Chronic absenteeism continues to present challenges in Georgia schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing at least 10% of school days in 2024, according to the Georgia Department of Education. The GaDOE introduced a statewide initiative that features a real-time attendance dashboard, a public awareness effort, and assistance focused on high-need districts intended to improve daily attendance.

In 2025, state legislators in Georgia approved a bill modifying attendance statutes to prohibit expulsion for absenteeism alone. The measure also applies additional reporting requirements and integrates with alternative diploma pathway programs to assist students.

By 2026, Georgia recorded an average student-to-teacher ratio of about 14:1, lower than the national average of 15:1.