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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 23.6% of Floyd County's student body during 2022-23 school year

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GA Superintendent of Education Richard Woods 2023 | Georgia Department of Education

GA Superintendent of Education Richard Woods 2023 | Georgia Department of Education

There were 3,343 Hispanic students enrolled in Floyd County school in the 2022-23 school year, 1.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Floyd County welcomed 14,170 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 23.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Floyd County, Rome High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 816 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.

Ethnicities in Floyd County in 2022-23 School Year

White 51%Hispanic 24%Black 19%Ethnicities <5% 7%

Enrollment Demographics in Floyd County During 2022-23 School Year

School name% of Hispanic StudentsTotal Hispanic StudentsTotal enrollment
Elm Street Elementary64%346541
West Central Elementary School62%308497
Rome High School40%8162,042
Rome Middle School39%374961
West End Elementary School37%342926
Alto Park Elementary School29%106366
Coosa High School27%222825
Coosa Middle School25%134536
Garden Lakes Elementary School21%96459
Georgia School for the Deaf18%322
Anna K. Davie Elementary16%60376
Main Elementary School14%56400
Pepperell Elementary11%54492
Pepperell High School10%84845
East Central Elementary School10%52529
Pepperell Middle School10%51510
Pepperell Primary9%31347
Model High7%63900
Model Elementary School7%31444
Armuchee High School6%48813
Model Middle School5%25515
Johnson Elementary5%21424
Armuchee Elementary School5%20400