Rome Reporter

There were 13 Asian students enrolled in Chattooga County school in the 2022-23 school year, 23.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Chattooga County welcomed 3,305 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the eight schools in Chattooga County, Trion Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of five 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 Asian Students	Total Asian Students	Total enrollment
Trion Elementary School	1%	5	573
Trion High School	1%	3	391
Leroy Massey Elementary School	1%	3	351
Trion Middle School	1%	2	276
Chattooga High School	0%	0	693
Summerville Middle School	0%	0	391
Lyerly Elementary School	0%	0	318
Menlo Elementary School	0%	0	312