NW Atlanta News

There were 2,337 multiracial students enrolled in Cherokee County school in the 2022-23 school year, 8.1% 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, multiracial students comprised 5.6% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 38 schools in Cherokee County, Woodstock High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 141 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 Multiracial Students	Total Multiracial Students	Total enrollment
Carmel Elementary School	9%	79	878
Mountain Road Elementary School	9%	36	406
Little River Elem.	8%	101	1,263
Woodstock Elementary School	8%	89	1,121
Clark Creek Elementary School	8%	87	1,094
Woodstock Middle School	8%	85	1,063
Liberty Elementary School	8%	76	959
Oak Grove Elementary School	8%	38	486
Woodstock High School	7%	141	2,020
Hickory Flat Elementary School	7%	63	903
Arnold Mill Elementary School	7%	55	799
Sixes Elementary School	7%	50	724
Holly Springs Elementary School	7%	50	723
Boston Elementary School	7%	43	623
Johnston Elementary School	7%	31	447
E. T. Booth Middle School	6%	99	1,652
William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School	6%	58	975
Bascomb Elementary School	6%	57	966
R. M. Moore Elementary School	6%	56	944
Freedom Middle School	6%	55	928
J. Knox Elementary	6%	52	882
Indian Knoll Elementary	6%	51	863
Cherokee Charter Academy	6%	36	611
Etowah High School	5%	120	2,412
River Ridge High School	5%	94	1,895
Dean Rusk Middle School	5%	72	1,458
Avery Elementary School	5%	56	1,125
Ball Ground Elementary School	5%	28	563
iGrad Virtual Academy School	5%	13	265
Cherokee High School	4%	114	2,872
Sequoyah High School	4%	81	2,045
Teasley Middle School	4%	64	1,614
Mill Creek Middle School	4%	53	1,335
Macedonia Elementary School	4%	29	736
Clayton Elementary School	4%	12	308
Creekview High School	3%	62	2,082
Creekland Middle School	3%	45	1,506
Free Home Elementary School	2%	6	305