NW Georgia News

There were 2,435 white students enrolled in Fannin County school in the 2022-23 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Fannin County welcomed 2,683 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Fannin County, Fannin County High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 799 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
East Fannin Elementary School	95%	371	391
Fannin County High School	93%	799	860
Fannin County Middle School	89%	557	626
Blue Ridge Elementary School	89%	344	387
West Fannin Elementary School	87%	364	419