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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 89.2% of Pickens County's student body during 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 3,509 white students enrolled in Pickens County school in the 2022-23 school year, 0.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Pickens County welcomed 3,933 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the six schools in Pickens County, Pickens County High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,067 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 Pickens County in 2022-23 School Year

White 89%Hispanic 7%Ethnicities <5% 4%

Enrollment Demographics in Pickens County During 2022-23 School Year

School name% of White StudentsTotal White StudentsTotal enrollment
Pickens County High School90%1,0671,186
Hill City Elementary School90%468521
Jasper Middle School89%550618
Pickens County Junior High School89%544612
Tate Elementary School89%412464
Harmony Elementary School88%468532

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