Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 52.4% of Spalding County’s student body during 2023-24 school year

There were 4,580 Black students enrolled in Spalding County school in the 2023-24 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Spalding County welcomed 8,741 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 52.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Spalding County, Griffin High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 902 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.