South Georgia Times

There were 238 multiracial students enrolled in Colquitt County school in the 2022-23 school year, 5.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Colquitt County welcomed 8,240 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.9% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Colquitt County, Willie J. Williams Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 41 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 Multiracial Students	Total Multiracial Students	Total enrollment
Stringfellow Elementary School	8%	20	255
Doerun Elementary School	5%	12	240
Norman Park Elementary School	4%	21	537
Sunset Elementary School	4%	20	517
Odom Elementary School	4%	18	460
Funston Elementary School	4%	13	343
Willie J. Williams Middle School	3%	41	1,371
Cox Elementary School	3%	12	424
Colquitt County High School	2%	34	1,712
CA Gray Junior High School	2%	28	1,403
Wright Elementary School	2%	9	455
Okapilco Elementary School	2%	6	315
Hamilton Elementary School	2%	4	208