Georgia Mountain News

There were six Black students enrolled in Towns County school in the 2022-23 school year, 20% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Towns County welcomed 946 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the three schools in Towns County, Towns County Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four 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 Black Students	Total Black Students	Total enrollment
Towns County Elementary School	1%	4	444
Towns County High School	1%	2	294
Towns County Middle School	0%	0	208