White students represent 77% of Thomas Crossroads Elementary’s enrollment for 2024-25

In the 2024-25 school year, Thomas Crossroads Elementary School enrolled 247 white students, which marks a 7.5% decline from the prior year, reporting from the Georgia Department of Education shows.

The school’s total enrollment reached 321 students for 2024-25. White students, making up 77% of the total, formed the largest demographic group in the student body.

Thomas Crossroads Elementary is part of the Coweta County School District, which has its main office in Newnan.

Of the 29 schools in Coweta County School District, East Coweta High School reported the most white students enrolled in 2024-25, with 1,342 students.

More than 1.7 million students attended Georgia’s public schools, per the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report. Elementary school enrollment was highest at 787,206 students (45.9%), followed by 388,733 middle school students (22.7%) and 539,092 high school students (31.4%).

Chronic absenteeism continues to challenge Georgia schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing at least 10% of school days in 2024, Georgia Department of Education data shows. The GaDOE has launched statewide efforts, including a real-time attendance dashboard, a public awareness campaign, and focused support in districts with high absence rates to improve daily attendance.

In 2025, Georgia legislators passed a bill revising attendance policies to prohibit expulsion for absenteeism alone. The law introduces additional reporting rules and aligns with programs supporting alternative diploma completion paths.

For 2026, Georgia’s average student-to-teacher ratio was about 14:1, an improvement over the national ratio of 15:1.

Information in this article was obtained from the Georgia Department of Education. The source data can be found here.