Georgia Mountain News

There were 3,058 white students enrolled in Dawson County school in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Dawson County welcomed 3,758 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 81.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the seven schools in Dawson County, Dawson County High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 630 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
Robinson Elementary School	90%	534	594
Dawson County Junior High	83%	520	627
Dawson County High School	82%	630	769
Riverview Elementary School	82%	309	378
Kilough Elementary School	79%	315	399
Dawson County Middle School	78%	429	551
Black's Mill Elementary School	73%	321	440