South Georgia Times

There were 356 multiracial students enrolled in Ware County school in the 2022-23 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Ware County welcomed 5,610 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 6.4% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Ware County, Ware County High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 76 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
Ware County Middle School	8%	61	767
Ruskin Elementary School	8%	28	356
Wacona Elementary School	7%	44	640
Waycross Middle School	7%	40	582
Waresboro Elementary School	7%	31	455
Williams Heights Elementary School	7%	29	425
Center Elementary School	6%	29	484
Ware County High School	5%	76	1,539
Memorial Drive Elementary School	5%	18	362