South Georgia Times

There were 2,695 white students enrolled in Ware County school in the 2022-23 school year, 3.1% less 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, white students comprised 48% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Ware County, Ware County High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 738 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 White Students	Total White Students	Total enrollment
Wacona Elementary School	62%	396	640
Waresboro Elementary School	62%	282	455
Memorial Drive Elementary School	54%	195	362
Ware County Middle School	53%	406	767
Ware County High School	48%	738	1,539
Ruskin Elementary School	41%	145	356
Waycross Middle School	40%	232	582
Williams Heights Elementary School	38%	161	425
Center Elementary School	29%	140	484