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There were 1,065 students enrolled in Jenkins County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 54% of the county's student body, while the other 46% were girls.

Data also showed that African American students made up 49.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in Jenkins County schools, followed by white students with 38%, 8% Hispanic students and 3.8% multiracial students.

Jenkins County Elementary School stood out with the highest enrollment among Jenkins County's three schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 506 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Jenkins County Elementary School	526	506	-3.8%
Jenkins County High School	303	313	3.3%
Jenkins County Middle School	245	246	0.4%