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There were 2,000 students enrolled in Bacon County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 51% of the county's student body, while the other 49% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 56.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Bacon County schools, followed by African American students with 22.6%, 15.8% Hispanic students and 4.3% multiracial students.

Bacon County High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Bacon County's four schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 621 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Bacon County High School	602	621	3.2%
Bacon County Primary School	471	472	0.2%
Bacon County Middle School	494	458	-7.3%
Bacon County Elementary School	439	449	2.3%