Rome Reporter

There were 16 Asian students enrolled in Polk County school in the 2022-23 school year, 36% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Polk County welcomed 7,525 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 11 schools in Polk County, Cherokee Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 11 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
Cherokee Elementary School	2%	11	556
Westside Elementary School	1%	5	543
Cedartown High School	0%	0	1,452
Cedartown Middle School	0%	0	1,034
Rockmart High School	0%	0	950
Rockmart Middle School	0%	0	711
Eastside Elementary School	0%	0	690
Van Wert Elementary School	0%	0	630
Northside Elementary	0%	0	476
Youngs Grove Elementary School	0%	0	459
Harpst Academy	0%	0	24