South Georgia Times

There were 846 students enrolled in Echols County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 52.4% of the county's student body, while the other 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 49.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Echols County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 45.9%, 2.1% African American students, 1.1% multiracial students and 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

Echols County Elementary/Middle School stood out with the highest enrollment among Echols County's two schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 597 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Echols County Elementary/Middle School	591	597	1%
Echols County High School	233	249	6.9%