South Georgia Times

There were 1,868 Hispanic students enrolled in Lowndes County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 5.4% more than the previous year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Lowndes County school districts welcomed 18,231 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 10.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county's school districts.

The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Lowndes County.

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	% Hispanic students	Total enrollment
Lowndes County	12%	10,250
Valdosta City	8%	7,981