South Georgia Times

There were 879 white students enrolled in Irwin County school district in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Irwin County school district welcomed 1,543 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 57% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county's school district.

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

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	% white students	Total enrollment
Irwin County	57%	1,543