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There were 451 Black students enrolled in Bacon County school in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Bacon County welcomed 2,000 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 22.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Bacon County, Bacon County Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 127 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
Bacon County Primary School	27%	127	472
Bacon County Elementary School	24%	107	449
Bacon County Middle School	22%	100	458
Bacon County High School	19%	117	621