There were 3,103 white students enrolled in Jones County school in the 2023-24 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.
Data showed that Jones County welcomed 4,721 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 65.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the seven schools in Jones County, Jones County High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 972 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dames Ferry Elementary School | 79% | 420 | 532 |
| Turner Woods Elementary School | 79% | 416 | 527 |
| Gray Station Middle School | 74% | 477 | 645 |
| Jones County High School | 64% | 972 | 1,519 |
| Gray Elementary School | 61% | 279 | 459 |
| Clifton Ridge Middle School | 56% | 292 | 523 |
| Mattie Wells Elementary School | 48% | 247 | 516 |
