South Georgia Times

There were 83 multiracial students enrolled in Ben Hill County school district in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Ben Hill County school district welcomed 2,778 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county's school district.

This is the only school district located within Ben Hill County, with its main office in Fitzgerald.

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
Ben Hill County	3%	2,778