Macon Times

There were 2,940 white students enrolled in Monroe County school in the 2022-23 school year, 4.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Monroe County welcomed 4,315 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 68.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Monroe County, Mary Persons High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 854 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
T.G. Scott Elementary School	76%	560	738
Mary Persons High School	68%	854	1,256
Katherine B. Sutton Elementary School	68%	427	629
Monroe County Middle School- Banks Stephens Campus	67%	680	1,015
Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary School	62%	419	677