SW Georgia News

There were 2,047 Black students enrolled in Decatur County school in the 2022-23 school year, 5.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Decatur County welcomed 4,166 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 49.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the seven schools in Decatur County, Bainbridge High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 566 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
Jones-Wheat Primary School	59%	321	545
Bainbridge Middle School	55%	330	600
West Bainbridge Primary School	53%	216	408
New Beginning Learning Center	52%	114	220
Hutto Elementary School	51%	400	785
Bainbridge High School	47%	566	1,205
Spring Creek Charter Academy	25%	100	403