There were 108 Asian students enrolled in Tift County school in the 2023-24 school year, 14.9% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.
Data showed that Tift County welcomed 7,247 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 1.5% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 11 schools in Tift County, Tift County High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 44 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 Asian Students | Total Asian Students | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. T. Reddick Elementary School | 5% | 15 | 302 |
| Tift County High School | 2% | 44 | 2,207 |
| Northeast Middle School | 2% | 15 | 750 |
| Eighth Street Middle School | 1% | 9 | 926 |
| Annie Belle Clark Elementary School | 1% | 7 | 728 |
| G. O. Bailey Elementary School | 1% | 5 | 503 |
| Len Lastinger Elementary School | 1% | 4 | 416 |
| Northside Elementary School | 1% | 4 | 412 |
| Matt Wilson Elementary School | 1% | 3 | 376 |
| Omega Elementary School | 1% | 2 | 285 |
| Charles Spencer Elementary School | 0% | 0 | 342 |
