South Georgia Times

There were 11 Asian students enrolled in Lanier County school in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Lanier County welcomed 1,608 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Lanier County, Lanier County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of eight 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	% of Asian Students	Total Asian Students	Total enrollment
Lanier County High School	2%	8	445
Lanier County Elementary School	1%	3	363
Lanier County Middle School	0%	0	401
Lanier County Primary School	0%	0	399