South Georgia Times

There were 1,866 Hispanic students enrolled in Lowndes County school in the 2022-23 school year, 4.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Lowndes County welcomed 18,930 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 9.9% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 20 schools in Lowndes County, Lowndes High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 306 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 Hispanic Students	Total Hispanic Students	Total enrollment
Clyattville Elementary School	22%	126	577
Moulton-Branch Elementary School	19%	101	533
Lowndes Middle School	17%	143	842
Pine Grove Middle School	14%	104	744
S.L. Mason Elementary School	13%	111	857
Dewar Elementary	13%	105	812
Pine Grove Elementary School	13%	78	602
J. L. Lomax Elementary School	12%	64	537
Lowndes High School	10%	306	3,066
Lake Park Elementary School	10%	58	588
Sallas Mahone Elementary	9%	93	1,034
Westside Elementary School	9%	79	881
Valdosta Middle School	8%	86	1,081
Pinevale Elementary School	8%	41	523
Newbern Middle School	7%	56	802
Hahira Elementary School	7%	52	755
Valdosta High School	6%	138	2,302
Hahira Middle School	6%	51	850
Scintilla Charter Academy	6%	41	699
W.G. Nunn Elementary	4%	33	845