NC Georgia News

There were 721 white students enrolled in Meriwether County school in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Meriwether County welcomed 2,166 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 33.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the seven schools in Meriwether County, Mountain View Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 228 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
Unity Elementary School (PK-5)	37%	140	379
Manchester Middle School	37%	119	323
Mountain View Elementary School	35%	228	654
Manchester High School	35%	137	393
Greenville Middle School	26%	43	168
Greenville High School	22%	54	249
Good Sheperd Therapeutic Center	0%	0	0