Rome Reporter

There were 307 Black students enrolled in Gordon County school in the 2022-23 school year, 14.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Gordon County welcomed 8,839 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 3.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Gordon County, Calhoun High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 76 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 Black Students	Total Black Students	Total enrollment
Calhoun Middle School	7%	43	624
Calhoun High School	6%	76	1,269
Calhoun Elementary School	6%	53	896
Gordon Central High School	3%	26	877
Tolbert Elementary School	3%	14	485
Red Bud Elementary School	3%	14	472
Swain Elementary School	3%	10	347
Sonoraville High School	2%	22	1,115
Red Bud Middle School	2%	16	820
Ashworth Middle School	2%	11	598
Sonoraville Elementary	2%	11	550
Belwood Elementary School	2%	8	439
Fairmount Elementary School	1%	3	347