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There were 159 students enrolled in Taliaferro County school in the 2022-23 school year, 13.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.3% of the county's student body, while the other 48.7% were girls.

Data also showed that African American students made up 73.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Taliaferro County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 15.7%, 9.4% white students and 0.6% multiracial students.

Taliaferro County School is the only school in Taliaferro County, with a main office in Crawfordville.

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
Taliaferro County School	183	159	-13.1%