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There were two Native American students enrolled in Wilkes County school in the 2022-23 school year, 100% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Wilkes County welcomed 1,187 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Native American students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Wilkes County, Washington-Wilkes Elementary School was the only school enrolling Native American students in the 2022-23 school year.

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 Native American Students	Total Native American Students	Total enrollment
Washington-Wilkes Elementary School	1%	2	200
Washington-Wilkes Primary School	0%	0	347
Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School	0%	0	340
Washington-Wilkes Middle School	0%	0	300