Coffee Middle School enrolls 15 Asian students for 2024-25, matching prior year

Morris Leis, Superintendent Coffee County School District
Morris Leis, Superintendent Coffee County School District
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Coffee Middle School enrolled 15 Asian students for the 2024-25 school year, matching the total from the previous year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

The school’s overall enrollment reached 1,578 students for the 2024-25 school year. Of those, Asian students represented 1% of the population, which was the school’s smallest demographic.

Coffee Middle School is part of Coffee County School District, which is headquartered in Douglas.

During the 2024-25 school year, Coffee Middle School reported the highest number of Asian students among the 12 schools in the Coffee County School District, with 15 enrolled.

Georgia public schools enrolled over 1.7 million students, according to the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report. Elementary school made up the largest share with 787,206 students (45.9%), followed by middle schools with 388,733 students (22.7%) and high schools with 539,092 students (31.4%). More than 1.7 million students were enrolled in Georgia’s public schools

The Georgia Department of Education reports that 20.7% of students were chronically absent—missing 10% or more of school days—in 2024. To address this, GaDOE launched a statewide initiative featuring a real-time attendance dashboard, a public awareness campaign and dedicated support for districts with the highest needs to improve daily attendance rates.

Georgia lawmakers passed a bill in 2025 that updates school attendance laws and prohibits expulsion solely for absenteeism. New components include additional reporting requirements and alignment with alternative diploma programs for students seeking nontraditional graduation paths. Georgia lawmakers passed a bill updating school attendance laws to ban expulsion solely for absenteeism

As of 2026, Georgia’s average student-to-teacher ratio was about 14:1, lower than the national average of 15:1. Georgia had an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 14:1

Ethnicities in Coffee Middle School in 2024-25 School Year

Asian Enrollment at Coffee Middle School During Last 15 School Years

School Year Total Enrollment Total Asian students % of Asian students
2010-11 1,701 17 1%
2011-12 1,746 17 1%
2012-13 1,722 17 1%
2013-14 1,691 16 1%
2014-15 1,616 16 1%
2015-16 1,620 16 1%
2016-17 1,578 15 1%
2017-18 1,555 15 1%
2018-19 1,578 15 1%
2019-20 1,717 17 1%
2020-21 1,783 17 1%
2021-22 1,697 16 1%
2022-23 1,637 16 1%
2023-24 1,581 15 1%
2024-25 1,578 15 1%
Information in this article was obtained from the Georgia Department of Education. The source data can be found here.


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