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There were 17 Hispanic students enrolled in Lincoln County school in the 2022-23 school year, 41.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Lincoln County welcomed 1,058 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 1.6% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the three schools in Lincoln County, Lincoln County Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of eight 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 Hispanic Students	Total Hispanic Students	Total enrollment
Lincoln County Elementary School	2%	8	441
Lincoln County High School	2%	7	359
Lincoln County Middle School	1%	2	258