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Lumpkin County Education: 40 Black students were enrolled in 2022-23 school year

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GA Superintendent of Education Richard Woods 2023 | Georgia Department of Education

GA Superintendent of Education Richard Woods 2023 | Georgia Department of Education

There were 40 Black students enrolled in Lumpkin County school in the 2022-23 school year, 2.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Lumpkin County welcomed 3,700 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Lumpkin County, Lumpkin County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 11 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 Lumpkin County in 2022-23 School Year

White 86%Hispanic 9%Ethnicities <5% 5%

Enrollment Demographics in Lumpkin County During 2022-23 School Year

School name% of Black StudentsTotal Black StudentsTotal enrollment
Lumpkin County Elementary School2%11555
Lumpkin County High School1%111,106
Lumpkin County Middle School1%8851
Blackburn Elementary School1%7798
Long Branch Elementary School1%3390

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