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There were seven Native American students enrolled in Pierce County school in the 2022-23 school year, 100% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Pierce County welcomed 3,452 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Native American students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Pierce County, Blackshear Elementary School was the only school enrolling Native American students in the 2022-23 school year.

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 Native American Students	Total Native American Students	Total enrollment
Blackshear Elementary School	1%	7	748
Pierce County High School	0%	0	1,003
Pierce County Middle School	0%	0	821
Midway Elementary School	0%	0	448
Patterson Elementary School	0%	0	432