NW Atlanta News

There were 917 Asian students enrolled in Cherokee County school in the 2022-23 school year, 3.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Cherokee County welcomed 41,851 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 2.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 38 schools in Cherokee County, Little River Elem. recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 75 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 Asian Students	Total Asian Students	Total enrollment
Little River Elem.	6%	75	1,263
Clark Creek Elementary School	6%	65	1,094
Hickory Flat Elementary School	6%	54	903
River Ridge High School	4%	75	1,895
Mill Creek Middle School	4%	53	1,335
Woodstock Elementary School	4%	44	1,121
Etowah High School	3%	72	2,412
E. T. Booth Middle School	3%	49	1,652
Dean Rusk Middle School	3%	43	1,458
Woodstock Middle School	3%	31	1,063
Freedom Middle School	3%	27	928
Cherokee Charter Academy	3%	18	611
Mountain Road Elementary School	3%	12	406
Sequoyah High School	2%	40	2,045
Woodstock High School	2%	40	2,020
Carmel Elementary School	2%	17	878
Arnold Mill Elementary School	2%	15	799
Sixes Elementary School	2%	14	724
Johnston Elementary School	2%	8	447
iGrad Virtual Academy School	2%	5	265
Cherokee High School	1%	28	2,872
Creekview High School	1%	20	2,082
Teasley Middle School	1%	16	1,614
Creekland Middle School	1%	15	1,506
Avery Elementary School	1%	11	1,125
Bascomb Elementary School	1%	9	966
Liberty Elementary School	1%	9	959
R. M. Moore Elementary School	1%	9	944
J. Knox Elementary	1%	8	882
Indian Knoll Elementary	1%	8	863
Macedonia Elementary School	1%	7	736
Holly Springs Elementary School	1%	7	723
Boston Elementary School	1%	6	623
Oak Grove Elementary School	1%	4	486
Free Home Elementary School	1%	3	305
William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School	0%	0	975
Ball Ground Elementary School	0%	0	563
Clayton Elementary School	0%	0	308