Macon Times

There were 144 multiracial students enrolled in Lamar County school in the 2022-23 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Lamar County welcomed 2,670 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Lamar County, Lamar County Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 40 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
Lamar County Primary School	6%	40	672
Lamar County Elementary School	6%	33	561
Lamar County High School	5%	38	770
Lamar County Middle School	5%	33	667