SW Georgia News

There were 349 white students enrolled in Calhoun County school in the 2022-23 school year, 5.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Calhoun County welcomed 1,013 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 34.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Calhoun County, Pataula Charter Academy recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 347 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 White Students	Total White Students	Total enrollment
Pataula Charter Academy	62%	347	560
Calhoun County Elementary School	1%	1	192
Calhoun County High School	1%	1	166
Calhoun County Middle School	1%	0	95