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There were 2,874 Hispanic students enrolled in Coweta County school in the 2022-23 school year, 7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Coweta County welcomed 23,375 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 12.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 31 schools in Coweta County, East Coweta High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 404 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 Hispanic Students	Total Hispanic Students	Total enrollment
Jefferson Parkway Elementary School	25%	109	439
Arnall Middle School	17%	120	711
White Oak Elementary School	17%	116	688
Arnco-Sargent Elementary School	17%	58	346
Atkinson Elementary School	16%	52	330
Blake Bass Middle School	15%	134	894
Welch Elementary School	15%	127	847
Odyssey Charter School	15%	51	340
Newnan Crossing Elementary School	14%	123	879
Lee Middle School	14%	104	749
East Coweta High School	13%	404	3,111
Northgate High School	13%	247	1,902
Evans Middle School	13%	100	775
Willis Road Elementary	13%	91	706
Madras Middle School	12%	90	757
Canongate Elementary School	12%	76	638
Smokey Road Middle School	12%	71	593
Moreland Elementary School	12%	59	496
Ruth Hill Elementary School	11%	39	362
Newnan High School	10%	224	2,242
Coweta Charter Academy	10%	77	773
Brooks Elementary	10%	77	770
Elm Street Elementary School	10%	44	445
Northside Elementary School	10%	35	359
East Coweta Middle School	9%	71	794
Thomas Crossroads Elementary School	9%	33	369
Poplar Road Elementary School	8%	41	519
Eastside Elementary School	7%	38	543
Arbor Springs Elementary	7%	27	387
Western Elementary School	6%	22	377
Glanton Elementary	6%	14	234