Albany Standard

There were 2,741 white students enrolled in Tift County school in the 2022-23 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Tift County welcomed 7,194 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 38.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in Tift County, Tift County High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 878 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 White Students	Total White Students	Total enrollment
Annie Belle Clark Elementary School	47%	333	710
Eighth Street Middle School	45%	431	958
Len Lastinger Elementary School	43%	179	417
Tift County High School	40%	878	2,195
Omega Elementary School	39%	115	296
G. O. Bailey Elementary School	35%	175	500
Charles Spencer Elementary School	35%	111	319
Northeast Middle School	32%	228	713
Matt Wilson Elementary School	30%	114	381
J. T. Reddick Elementary School	27%	82	307
Northside Elementary School	24%	95	398