South Georgia Times

There were 101 multiracial students enrolled in Ben Hill County school in the 2022-23 school year, 12.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Ben Hill County welcomed 2,768 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.7% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Ben Hill County, Ben Hill County Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 33 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
Ben Hill County Primary School	5%	33	666
Ben Hill County Middle School	4%	27	689
Fitzgerald High School	3%	25	837
Ben Hill Elementary School	3%	16	538
Hurricane Transition Academy	0%	0	38