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There were 2,304 African American students enrolled in Burke County school district in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Burke County school district welcomed 3,717 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 62% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county's school district.

This is the only school district located within Burke County, with its main office in Waynesboro.

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.

District	% African American students	Total enrollment
Burke County	62%	3,717