Rome Reporter

There were 3,391 Hispanic students enrolled in Floyd County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% more than the previous year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Floyd County school districts welcomed 14,676 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 23.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county's school districts.

The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Floyd County.

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.

District	% Hispanic students	Total enrollment
Floyd County	12%	8,404
Rome City	38%	6,272