Griffin High sees 231 Hispanic students enrolled for 2024-25

Griffin High reported 231 Hispanic students enrolled for the 2024-25 school year, a decrease of 0.4% compared to the prior year, Georgia Department of Education records show. Georgia Department of Education.

The school’s total enrollment reached 1,448 students in the 2024-25 school year. Of these, Hispanic students accounted for 16% of the student population, making them the second-largest demographic group at the school.

The high school operates within the Griffin-Spalding County School District, with district offices based in Griffin.

Within the district’s 18 schools, Griffin High posted the highest number of Hispanic students enrolled during the 2024-25 school year, totaling 231.

The National Center for Education Statistics reports Georgia public school enrollment included about 36.4% Black, 35.9% white, 18.1% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4.6% multiracial, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native and 0.1% Pacific Islander students.

Chronic absenteeism continues to trouble Georgia schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing at least 10% of the year’s school days in 2024, the Georgia Department of Education reports. To address this, GaDOE introduced a statewide campaign featuring a real-time attendance dashboard, a public awareness effort and focused support in districts with high needs to improve day-to-day attendance.

In 2025, Georgia legislators updated school attendance policies, prohibiting expulsions based solely on absenteeism. New reporting guidelines were also introduced, aligning with initiatives to help more students graduate via alternative means.

By 2026, the average student-to-teacher ratio in Georgia was about 14:1, an improvement on the national average of 15:1.