NW Georgia News

There were 468 multiracial students enrolled in Walker County school in the 2022-23 school year, 4.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Walker County welcomed 9,286 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Walker County, LaFayette High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 56 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 Multiracial Students	Total Multiracial Students	Total enrollment
Stone Creek Elementary School	9%	34	388
Cherokee Ridge Elementary	8%	43	542
Chattanooga Valley Elementary School	8%	35	442
Naomi Elementary School	8%	23	292
LaFayette Middle School	7%	39	563
Gilbert Elementary School	7%	32	462
Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle School	6%	38	636
LaFayette High School	5%	56	1,124
Chattanooga Valley Middle School	5%	24	489
Rossville Middle School	5%	22	446
Rossville Elementary School	5%	19	398
North LaFayette Elementary School	5%	18	379
Ridgeland High School	4%	49	1,249
Rock Spring Elementary School	4%	14	361
Fairyland Elementary School	3%	7	247
Gordon Lee Middle School	2%	6	311
Chickamauga Elementary School	1%	5	553
Gordon Lee High School	1%	4	404