Thurgood Marshall Elementary reports 68 Asian students enrolled for 2024-25

For the 2024-25 school year, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School recorded 68 Asian students—a 9.7% increase over the prior year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Enrollment data indicated that Thurgood Marshall Elementary had a total population of 761 students in 2024-25. Asian students comprised 9% of all enrollees, ranking as the third-largest group in the school.

Thurgood Marshall Elementary School operates within Clayton County School District, whose central office is located in Jonesboro.

Among the 65 schools in Clayton County School District, Morrow High School reported the largest Asian student enrollment for 2024-25, with 141 students.

Statewide, Georgia’s public school enrollment surpassed 1.7 million students, based on the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report. Of those, elementary grades enrolled 787,206 students (45.9%), middle schools 388,733 (22.7%), and high schools 539,092 (31.4%).

Chronic absenteeism continues to present challenges for Georgia’s schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing at least 10% of school days in 2024, per the Georgia Department of Education. In response, the GaDOE introduced a statewide initiative featuring a real-time attendance dashboard, a public awareness campaign, and targeted help for districts with the greatest need to improve daily attendance.

Georgia legislators in 2025 passed a measure revising school attendance law to prohibit expulsion solely on the basis of absenteeism. The updated policy also introduces new reporting obligations and aligns with efforts that support alternative diploma pathways for students. See the full bill here.

Georgia maintained an average student-to-teacher ratio of about 14:1 in 2026, improving upon the national average of 15:1.