NW Atlanta News

There were 2,077 Black students enrolled in Bartow County school in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Bartow County welcomed 17,546 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 11.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Bartow County, Cartersville High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 261 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
Cartersville Middle School	21%	215	1,028
Cartersville Elementary School	21%	198	945
Cartersville High School	19%	261	1,378
Cartersville Primary School	19%	183	964
Cass High School	17%	258	1,520
Cloverleaf Elementary	17%	104	616
Cass Middle School	15%	132	886
White Elementary School	15%	82	551
Kingston Elementary School	15%	80	538
Red Top Middle School	12%	68	573
Mission Road Elementary School	10%	40	408
Hamilton Crossing Elementary School	9%	48	535
Woodland High School	7%	97	1,396
Woodland Middle School at Euharlee	7%	48	691
Adairsville Elementary School	6%	47	790
Allatoona Elementary School	6%	23	395
Emerson Elementary School	6%	21	354
Adairsville High School	5%	56	1,137
Adairsville Middle School	5%	41	834
Euharlee Elementary School	5%	24	486
Clear Creek Elementary School	4%	24	619
Taylorsville Elementary School	4%	20	524
Pine Log Elementary	2%	7	378