SW Georgia News

There were 368 students enrolled in Stewart County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.8% of the county's student body, while the other 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that African American students made up 88% of the student body, the largest percentage in Stewart County schools, followed by white students with 6%, 3% multiracial students, 0.5% Hispanic students and 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

Stewart County Elementary School stood out with the highest enrollment among Stewart County's three schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 157 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Stewart County Elementary School	164	157	-4.3%
Stewart County High School	118	116	-1.7%
Stewart County Middle School	97	95	-2.1%