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There were seven Asian students enrolled in Burke County school in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Burke County welcomed 3,717 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Burke County, Waynesboro Primary School was the only school enrolling Asian 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 Asian Students	Total Asian Students	Total enrollment
Waynesboro Primary School	1%	7	753
Burke County High School	0%	0	1,113
Burke County Middle School	0%	0	895
Blakeney Elementary	0%	0	715
S G A Elementary School	0%	0	241