South Atlanta News

There were 1,514 multiracial students enrolled in Clayton County school district in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Clayton County school district welcomed 50,495 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county's school district.

This is the only school district located within Clayton County, with its main office in Jonesboro.

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.

District	% multiracial students	Total enrollment
Clayton County	3%	50,495