Enrollment Analysis: Asian students comprised less than 0.1% of Union County’s student body during 2023-24 school year

Richard Woods State School Superintendent
Richard Woods State School Superintendent
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There were 15 Asian students enrolled in Union County school in the 2023-24 school year, 87.5% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Union County welcomed 2,825 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Union County, Union County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of nine 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.

Ethnicities in Union County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Union County During 2023-24 School Year

School name % of Asian Students Total Asian Students Total enrollment
Union County High School 1% 9 906
Union County Primary School 1% 6 633
Union County Middle School 0% 0 665
Union County Elementary School 0% 0 621
Woody Gap High/Elementary School 0% 0 0


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