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There were 3,452 students enrolled in Pierce County School District in the 2022-23 school year, 1.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51% of them were male, and 49% were female.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 76% of the Pierce County School District's total enrollment.

Pierce County School District roughly covers five schools within Pierce County and has a main office in Blackshear.

Among the five schools in Pierce County School District, Pierce County High School recorded the highest enrollment of 1,003 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	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% Change
Blackshear Elementary School	705	748	6.1%
Midway Elementary School	436	448	2.8%
Patterson Elementary School	446	432	-3.1%
Pierce County High School	990	1,003	1.3%
Pierce County Middle School	813	821	1%