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There were 435 Black students enrolled in Jeff Davis County school in the 2022-23 school year, 3.3% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Jeff Davis County welcomed 2,864 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 15.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Jeff Davis County, Jeff Davis Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 125 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 Black Students	Total Black Students	Total enrollment
Jeff Davis Primary School	17%	125	738
Jeff Davis High School	15%	120	805
Jeff Davis Elementary School	15%	98	658
Jeff Davis Middle School	14%	92	663