Rome Reporter

There were 2,493 white students enrolled in Chattooga County school in the 2022-23 school year, 9.8% 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, white students comprised 75.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the eight schools in Chattooga County, Chattooga High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 533 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
Menlo Elementary School	93%	290	312
Lyerly Elementary School	82%	260	318
Chattooga High School	77%	533	693
Trion Elementary School	74%	424	573
Summerville Middle School	72%	281	391
Trion High School	71%	277	391
Trion Middle School	69%	190	276
Leroy Massey Elementary School	68%	238	351